Chongqing in April: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, April in Chongqing has run 16.0–24.1°C with about 204 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 Chongqing is actually having, today.
Grow one in Chongqing's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in April in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ Frost is rare and confined to midwinter (recorded around Feb 6). Most of the year is frost-free; only the coldest weeks need cover.
☀️ About 6.7 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.6°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 Chongqing 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 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🥒 Cucumber | 76 | Jun 29 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🧅 Leek | 62 | Jun 15 |
| 🥔 Potato | 58 | Jun 11 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 57 | Jun 10 |
| 🌿 Parsley | 49 | Jun 2 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 30 | May 14 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 41 | May 25 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 53 | Jun 6 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 69 | Jun 22 |
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 87 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 60 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 106 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 55 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 72 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥔 Potato about 70 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 66 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Parsley about 55 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 32 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 45 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 65 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 90 days to harvest Recent mean 20.0°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 17 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 14 day(s) of heat stress
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~200 days)
Other months in Chongqing
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Chongqing, 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.