Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kunming
Kunming climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Feb–Apr
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation929 mm132 wet days a year
25.04° N, 102.72° EElevation 1,895 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goKunming · weather score
Best timeFeb–Apr
October: high / low19° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kunming has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 24° and nights 15°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 929 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (190 mm, 22 wet days) and February the driest (16 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in February to 64% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Kunming is 4.2° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · May
- Coldest nights
- 5° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 41 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 36 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 15° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 14° |
| Average low | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 16 mm | 16 mm | 19 mm | 26 mm | 90 mm | 162 mm | 190 mm | 172 mm | 110 mm | 77 mm | 36 mm | 15 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.1 | 1.9 | 4 | 8 | 13.8 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 15.8 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 3.1 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 34% | 61% | 64% | 53% | 46% | 41% | 31% | 27% |
| Daylight | 10h 44 | 11h 19 | 11h 59 | 12h 44 | 13h 21 | 13h 41 | 13h 33 | 13h 02 | 12h 19 | 11h 36 | 10h 56 | 10h 36 |
| Month score | 74 | 91 | 91 | 81 | 66 | 54 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 67 | 80 | 71 |
ivMonth by month
Kunming in every month
January74
15° / 5°
16 mm · 3.1 wet days
February91
17° / 7°
16 mm · 1.9 wet days
March91
21° / 10°
19 mm · 4 wet days
April81
24° / 12°
26 mm · 8 wet days
May66
24° / 15°
90 mm · 13.8 wet days
June54
23° / 17°
162 mm · 22.1 wet days
July53
23° / 17°
190 mm · 22.4 wet days
August57
23° / 16°
172 mm · 21.1 wet days
September60
22° / 15°
110 mm · 15.8 wet days
October67
19° / 12°
77 mm · 12.1 wet days
November80
16° / 8°
36 mm · 4.2 wet days
December71
14° / 5°
15 mm · 3.1 wet days