Chengdu in April: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, April in Chengdu has run 14.6–24.4°C with about 104 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Chengdu is actually having, today.
Grow one in Chengdu's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in April in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 7, first autumn frost around Dec 16 — roughly 313 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 6.6 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 2.0°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-April, then adding up the warmth Chengdu usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥬 Celery | 72 | Jun 25 |
| 🥔 Potato | 58 | Jun 11 |
| 🧅 Leek | 61 | Jun 14 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 57 | Jun 10 |
| 🌿 Parsley | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🌿 Dill | 35 | May 19 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 41 | May 25 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 50 | Jun 3 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 40 | May 24 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 68 | Jun 21 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 42 | May 26 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 53 | Jun 6 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🥬 Celery about 89 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 72 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 75 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 68 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Parsley about 57 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Dill about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 64 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 95 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 49 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 69 days to harvest Recent mean 19.5°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 17 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 13 day(s) of heat stress
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~214 days)
Other months in Chengdu
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Chengdu, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.