Chuxiong climate

Name: Chuxiong
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Chuxiong is warmest in May, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.2 °C. July is the wettest month (224 mm) and February the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chuxiong averages 1,036 mm of rain, 96 days above 25 °C and 1 days below freezing.

China · population 555,081 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 26 °C
Coldest month January 5.2 °C
Driest month February 15 mm
Wettest month July 224 mm
Least cloud February 27 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record December -3.8 °C

What to expectChuxiong through the year

Chuxiong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in January to 26 °C in May, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 96 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 1 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 224 mm against 15 mm in February — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	16.4 °C	26 mm	32 %
February	19.4 °C	15 mm	27 %
March	23.1 °C	24 mm	32 %
April	25.7 °C	39 mm	39 %
May	26.2 °C	92 mm	56 %
June	25.6 °C	169 mm	84 %
July	24.4 °C	224 mm	90 %
August	24.2 °C	188 mm	83 %
September	23.0 °C	128 mm	77 %
October	20.9 °C	85 mm	64 %
November	18.5 °C	30 mm	44 %
December	16.0 °C	15 mm	39 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	16.4 °C	5.2 °C	10.6 °C	23.5 °C	-2.8 °C	0	0
February	19.4 °C	6.9 °C	13.1 °C	27.0 °C	1.4 °C	0	0
March	23.1 °C	10.0 °C	16.5 °C	30.0 °C	0.8 °C	9	0
April	25.7 °C	13.0 °C	19.3 °C	32.4 °C	3.3 °C	19	2
May	26.2 °C	15.5 °C	20.7 °C	34.7 °C	7.9 °C	20	5
June	25.6 °C	17.3 °C	21.0 °C	34.2 °C	12.1 °C	19	2
July	24.4 °C	17.4 °C	20.3 °C	30.7 °C	13.2 °C	13	0
August	24.2 °C	16.9 °C	20.1 °C	30.2 °C	11.7 °C	12	0
September	23.0 °C	15.7 °C	18.9 °C	28.5 °C	9.5 °C	4	0
October	20.9 °C	13.2 °C	16.7 °C	25.9 °C	6.6 °C	0	0
November	18.5 °C	8.9 °C	13.5 °C	25.1 °C	0.5 °C	0	0
December	16.0 °C	5.7 °C	10.7 °C	22.0 °C	-3.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	26 mm	4	11 h/day	32 %	65 %	18 km/h
February	15 mm	3	11 h/day	27 %	55 %	21 km/h
March	24 mm	5	12 h/day	32 %	49 %	22 km/h
April	39 mm	6	13 h/day	39 %	53 %	20 km/h
May	92 mm	11	13 h/day	56 %	63 %	17 km/h
June	169 mm	18	14 h/day	84 %	78 %	14 km/h
July	224 mm	24	14 h/day	90 %	85 %	11 km/h
August	188 mm	23	13 h/day	83 %	85 %	10 km/h
September	128 mm	19	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	11 km/h
October	85 mm	13	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	12 km/h
November	30 mm	5	11 h/day	44 %	74 %	14 km/h
December	15 mm	3	11 h/day	39 %	71 %	15 km/h

How Chuxiong compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chuxiong	26 °C	5.2 °C	1,036 mm	96
Jianshui · China	24 °C	4.5 °C	1,888 mm	45
Kunming · China	25 °C	4.9 °C	1,463 mm	55
Dali · China	24 °C	4.6 °C	1,249 mm	47
Panzhihua · China	31 °C	8.2 °C	1,632 mm	215
Lincang · China	27 °C	7.6 °C	1,494 mm	154
Ning’er · China	28 °C	9.1 °C	1,848 mm	151

Where Chuxiong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	16thof 50	80/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	17thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in Asia in July	39thof 50	24 °C
The coolest places in Asia in August	45thof 50	24 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in March	48thof 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chuxiong.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chuxiong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chuxiong?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chuxiong get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 1 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chuxiong?

July, averaging 224 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is February with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,036 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chuxiong rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.