Lijiang weather in April

In April, Lijiang sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 9.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lijiang's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lijiang's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 7:00 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Lijiang is prefecture-level city in Yunnan, China.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 17.7 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 10/km²; people per km²

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 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical April day in Lijiang reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and about 2°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in Lijiang

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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Lijiang 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° / -1°	16	3.3	1.4	10.5	4.4
Feb	15° / 1°	17	3.8	0.8	11	5.3
Mar	17° / 3°	29	6.5	0.5	11.8	6.4
Apr	20° / 7°	45	9.2	0.1	12.6	6.5
May	22° / 11°	115	13.2	0	13.3	6.1
Jun	23° / 15°	248	21.6	0	13.7	4.6
Jul	22° / 15°	317	27.8	0	13.5	3.7
Aug	22° / 14°	277	27.9	0	12.9	3.8
Sep	20° / 13°	249	24.5	0	12.2	4.0
Oct	19° / 9°	113	14.6	0.1	11.4	5.4
Nov	16° / 3°	29	5.2	0.2	10.7	5.7
Dec	13° / -0°	10	2.5	0.6	10.3	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. 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 (%)	65	65	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	65	64	63	63	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	54	53	52	52	51	51	50
Cloudier (%)	35	35	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	35	36	37	37	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	50

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	50	50

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lijiang gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 9.2 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 31% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 (%)	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36

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 8 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 7:46 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)	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	7:17	7:31
2	12.3	7:16	7:31
3	12.3	7:14	7:32
4	12.3	7:13	7:32
5	12.3	7:12	7:33
6	12.4	7:11	7:33
7	12.4	7:10	7:34
8	12.4	7:09	7:34
9	12.5	7:08	7:35
10	12.5	7:07	7:35
11	12.5	7:06	7:36
12	12.5	7:04	7:36
13	12.6	7:03	7:37
14	12.6	7:02	7:37
15	12.6	7:01	7:38
16	12.6	7:00	7:38
17	12.7	6:59	7:39
18	12.7	6:58	7:39
19	12.7	6:57	7:40
20	12.7	6:56	7:40
21	12.8	6:55	7:41
22	12.8	6:54	7:42
23	12.8	6:53	7:42
24	12.8	6:52	7:43
25	12.9	6:51	7:43
26	12.9	6:51	7:44
27	12.9	6:50	7:44
28	12.9	6:49	7:45
29	13.0	6:48	7:45
30	13.0	6:47	7:46

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.19 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 6.19 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)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1
Level	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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.1	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	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Lijiang

In seasonPeak

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

Lijiang's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Lijiang?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Lijiang for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lijiang in April

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

In April, Lijiang sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain gear

UV index in Lijiang in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lijiang peaks around July 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	8	11	10	12	15	15	12	12	9	8	5
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	15	Extreme
Jul	15	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	5	High

Air quality in Lijiang 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 Lijiang is worst in March — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (June, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Lijiang's WHO annual average of 17.7 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	19	20	22	21	17	14	15	17	16	16	17	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	21	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lijiang?

Lijiang sits at 26.9°N, 100.2°E, 2,397 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Shangri-La, 118 km away.

Topography around Lijiang

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lijiang has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 294 m around an average of 2,400 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,641 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,216 m.

The land around Lijiang is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, trees (65%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) within 80 km.

3 km

294 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

1,641 m

trees 65%

80 km

4,216 m

trees 74%

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

April weather nearby: Shangri-La 118 km · Dali 143 km · Kunming 322 km · Myitkyina 327 km · Danai 353 km · Panglong 363 km · Mogaung 371 km · Laukkai 382 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 Lijiang (26.8688°, 100.2207°, elevation 2,397 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	19	5
2	19	5
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	20	6
9	20	6
10	20	6
11	20	7
12	20	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	21	7
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	67	33
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	67	33
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	58	42
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	55	45
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	51	49
29	51	49
30	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	28
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	34
23	34
24	35
25	35
26	36
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36

	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