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Hangzhou in April

Warm and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Hangzhou is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 53°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Hangzhou is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 37 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
12h 53mon average

Is April a good time to visit Hangzhou?

A good month, just outside Hangzhou's best months, which run from October.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in April, against 51°F to 94°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in April, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in April, against 24% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in April, against 34% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

12h 53m in April, against 10h 13m to 14h 04m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March61°16°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April72°22°low 53°low 12°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. May81°27°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Hangzhou sits, in April

Asia/Shanghai
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:33 AMsets 6:26 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Shanghai163 km north-east

The land around Hangzhou, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in China in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Hangzhou

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Hangzhou. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (0 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.