Harbin weather in April

In April, Harbin sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 5.6 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Harbin's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harbin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 5.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 4:55 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Harbin is capital of Heilongjiang province, China.

Air quality: Very high; PM2.5 43.2 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 99/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1898

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical April day in Harbin reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 10°C warmer than March and about 8°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	10	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5

How April really feels in Harbin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Harbin weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-13° / -23°	4	1.3	1.6	8.9	0.0
Feb	-7° / -18°	6	1.7	2	10.1	0.0
Mar	3° / -8°	15	3.6	2.7	11.6	0.3
Apr	13° / 1°	30	5.6	0.6	13.3	4.0
May	21° / 9°	65	9.3	0.1	14.7	6.5
Jun	26° / 16°	99	12.2	0	15.4	6.2
Jul	28° / 19°	155	14.9	0	15.1	5.7
Aug	26° / 17°	138	13.5	0	13.9	6.1
Sep	21° / 10°	67	8.5	0	12.3	6.8
Oct	12° / 1°	38	6.5	0.7	10.7	3.7
Nov	-0° / -10°	18	3.6	2.8	9.3	0.0
Dec	-10° / -20°	9	2.4	2.9	8.5	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	51	50	49	49	48	49	49	48	48	47	46	45	46	45	44	45	45	44	45	45	46	45	45	45	44	45	45	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	49	50	51	51	52	51	51	52	52	53	54	55	54	55	56	55	55	56	55	55	54	55	55	55	56	55	55	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	44	56
30	44	56

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Harbin gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 5.6 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	16	3
11	17	3
12	17	3
13	18	3
14	19	2
15	20	2
16	21	2
17	21	2
18	22	2
19	22	1
20	22	1
21	23	1
22	23	1
23	23	1
24	24	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	25	1
29	25	1
30	25	1

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in April

Winds average 15 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 90 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:31 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:24	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:14	5:12	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:04	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:46	4:44	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:37	4:35	4:34	4:32	4:31
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:24	5:53
2	12.5	5:22	5:54
3	12.6	5:20	5:55
4	12.6	5:18	5:57
5	12.7	5:16	5:58
6	12.8	5:14	5:59
7	12.8	5:12	6:00
8	12.9	5:10	6:02
9	12.9	5:08	6:03
10	13.0	5:06	6:04
11	13.0	5:04	6:06
12	13.1	5:02	6:07
13	13.1	5:00	6:08
14	13.2	4:59	6:10
15	13.2	4:57	6:11
16	13.3	4:55	6:12
17	13.3	4:53	6:14
18	13.4	4:51	6:15
19	13.5	4:49	6:16
20	13.5	4:48	6:18
21	13.6	4:46	6:19
22	13.6	4:44	6:20
23	13.7	4:42	6:22
24	13.7	4:41	6:23
25	13.8	4:39	6:24
26	13.8	4:37	6:26
27	13.9	4:35	6:27
28	13.9	4:34	6:28
29	14.0	4:32	6:30
30	14.0	4:31	6:31

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Harbin

In seasonPeak

None of Harbin's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Harbin's rainy season runs June–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Harbin?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Harbin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harbin in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Harbin sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Harbin in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Harbin peaks around August 16 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Harbin in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Harbin is worst in January — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Harbin's WHO annual average of 43.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	62	58	58	45	33	33	33	29	32	37	46	51
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	62	Unhealthy
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	45	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Harbin?

Harbin sits at 45.8°N, 126.7°E, 140 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Hainan, 167 km away.

Topography around Harbin

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Harbin.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harbin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 139 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 727 m.

The land around Harbin is covered by artificial surfaces (91%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (44%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km

45 m

artificial surfaces 91%

16 km

95 m

artificial surfaces 44%

80 km

727 m

cropland 76%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← March Harbin year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Hainan 167 km · Namyang-nodongjagu 402 km · Namyang 402 km · Onsŏng 409 km · Musan-ŭp 442 km · Chunggang 442 km · Hoeryŏng 443 km · Samjiyŏn-ŭp 459 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
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GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Harbin (45.75°, 126.65°, elevation 140 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	10	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	16	3
11	17	3
12	17	3
13	18	3
14	19	2
15	20	2
16	21	2
17	21	2
18	22	2
19	22	1
20	22	1
21	23	1
22	23	1
23	23	1
24	24	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	25	1
29	25	1
30	25	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	10	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	16	3
11	17	3
12	17	3
13	18	3
14	19	2
15	20	2
16	21	2
17	21	2
18	22	2
19	22	1
20	22	1
21	23	1
22	23	1
23	23	1
24	24	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	25	1
29	25	1
30	25	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	-3
2	9	-2
3	9	-2
4	10	-2
5	10	-2
6	10	-1
7	11	-1
8	11	-1
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	12	0
12	12	0
13	12	1
14	13	1
15	13	1
16	13	1
17	14	2
18	14	2
19	14	2
20	15	3
21	15	3
22	15	3
23	15	3
24	16	4
25	16	4
26	16	4
27	17	4
28	17	5
29	17	5
30	17	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	48	52
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	45	55
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	44	56
30	44	56

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	14	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	4
5	14	4
6	15	4
7	15	4
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	16	3
11	17	3
12	17	3
13	18	3
14	19	2
15	20	2
16	21	2
17	21	2
18	22	2
19	22	1
20	22	1
21	23	1
22	23	1
23	23	1
24	24	1
25	24	1
26	24	1
27	24	1
28	25	1
29	25	1
30	25	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100