Jiayuguan weather in April

In April, Jiayuguan sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 9 mm of precipitation across 2.3 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Jiayuguan's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jiayuguan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 7th coldest
Precipitation: 9 mm; 2.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 6:56 AM – 7:59 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Jiayuguan is prefecture-level city in Gansu, China.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 25.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 189/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1965

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 12°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical April day in Jiayuguan reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 8°C warmer than March and about 5°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)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7

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

How April really feels in Jiayuguan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 14 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.

Jiayuguan 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	-3° / -13°	3	1.1	1.7	9.5	0.0
Feb	1° / -10°	3	1.1	1.5	10.4	0.0
Mar	8° / -4°	10	2.3	2.2	11.7	1.6
Apr	15° / 3°	9	2.3	0.8	13	5.7
May	21° / 9°	15	3.9	0.2	14.2	7.4
Jun	25° / 14°	20	4.2	0	14.8	7.8
Jul	27° / 16°	25	5.2	0	14.5	7.5
Aug	25° / 14°	27	5.4	0	13.6	7.8
Sep	20° / 9°	18	3.5	0	12.3	7.6
Oct	14° / 2°	7	1.8	0.6	10.9	4.9
Nov	5° / -5°	5	1.6	1.7	9.8	0.7
Dec	-2° / -11°	4	1.4	1.8	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

	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 (%)	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	58	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	59	58
Cloudier (%)	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	42	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	41	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Jiayuguan gets around 9 mm of rain and snow over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10
Snow chance (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 10 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 8:13 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)	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:45	6:44	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36
Sunset (PM)	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	7:20	7:43
2	12.4	7:18	7:44
3	12.5	7:16	7:45
4	12.5	7:15	7:46
5	12.6	7:13	7:47
6	12.6	7:12	7:48
7	12.7	7:10	7:49
8	12.7	7:08	7:50
9	12.7	7:07	7:51
10	12.8	7:05	7:52
11	12.8	7:03	7:53
12	12.9	7:02	7:54
13	12.9	7:00	7:55
14	13.0	6:59	7:56
15	13.0	6:57	7:58
16	13.0	6:56	7:59
17	13.1	6:54	8:00
18	13.1	6:53	8:01
19	13.2	6:51	8:02
20	13.2	6:50	8:03
21	13.3	6:48	8:04
22	13.3	6:47	8:05
23	13.3	6:45	8:06
24	13.4	6:44	8:07
25	13.4	6:42	8:08
26	13.5	6:41	8:09
27	13.5	6:40	8:10
28	13.5	6:38	8:11
29	13.6	6:37	8:12
30	13.6	6:36	8:13

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.37 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.1	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.5	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.6	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Jiayuguan

In seasonPeak

In April, Jiayuguan sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Jiayuguan sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Jiayuguan?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Jiayuguan for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jiayuguan in April

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

In April, Jiayuguan sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Jiayuguan in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jiayuguan peaks around July 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	7	8	10	11	9	8	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Jiayuguan 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 Jiayuguan is worst in May — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Jiayuguan's WHO annual average of 25.9 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	19	20	37	39	39	25	22	26	22	26	21	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	39	Poor
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Jiayuguan?

Jiayuguan sits at 39.8°N, 98.3°E, 1,635 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Dunhuang, 309 km away.

Topography around Jiayuguan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jiayuguan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 1,636 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 748 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,337 m.

The land around Jiayuguan is covered by artificial surfaces (57%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

artificial surfaces 57%

16 km

748 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

4,337 m

bare terrain 70%

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

April weather nearby: Dunhuang 309 km · Bogd 628 km · Hovd 636 km · Dalandzadgad 659 km · Yinchuan 705 km · Bayanhongor 737 km · Altai 748 km · Arvayheer 805 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
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 Jiayuguan (39.8112°, 98.2862°, elevation 1,635 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	12	0
2	12	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	14	1
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	15	2
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	16	3
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	18	5
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	19	6
30	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	14	1
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	15	2
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	16	3
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	18	5
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	19	6
30	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	13	0
4	13	0
5	13	1
6	13	1
7	13	1
8	14	1
9	14	2
10	14	2
11	14	2
12	15	2
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	16	3
17	16	4
18	16	4
19	16	4
20	17	4
21	17	5
22	17	5
23	17	5
24	18	5
25	18	6
26	18	6
27	18	6
28	18	6
29	19	6
30	19	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	59	41
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	58	42
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	57	43
12	56	44
13	56	44
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	58	42
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	58	42

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

	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