Hangzhou in April: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, April in Hangzhou has run 13.3–23.1°C with about 146 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 Hangzhou is actually having, today.
Grow one in Hangzhou'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 21, first autumn frost around Dec 12 — roughly 296 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ 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 Hangzhou usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥔 Potato | 61 | Jun 14 |
| 🥬 Celery | 75 | Jun 28 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 51 | Jun 4 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 33 | May 17 |
| 🌿 Dill | 37 | May 21 |
| 🧅 Leek | 64 | Jun 17 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 60 | Jun 13 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 44 | May 28 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 53 | Jun 6 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 45 | May 29 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 57 | Jun 10 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 44 | May 28 |
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.
- 🥔 Potato about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 97 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Dill about 42 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 73 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 53 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 79 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 54 days to harvest Recent mean 18.2°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 18.2°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
- 🍈 Winter melon — Too little heat to ever mature at current temperatures
- 🌿 Rocket — 11 day(s) of heat stress
Other months in Hangzhou
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Hangzhou, 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.