Kaili climate

Name: Kaili
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Kaili is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.5 °C. June is the wettest month (240 mm) and December the driest (38 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kaili averages 1,438 mm of rain, 124 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

China · population 275,745 · 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 August 28 °C
Coldest month January 1.5 °C
Driest month December 38 mm
Wettest month June 240 mm
Least cloud September 64 % cloud
Hottest on record August 35 °C
Coldest on record January -10 °C

What to expectKaili through the year

Kaili has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.9 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 124 days a year reach 25 °C, 17 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 240 mm against 38 mm in December — 6.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.9 °C	51 mm	80 %
February	10.9 °C	59 mm	82 %
March	15.0 °C	105 mm	83 %
April	20.3 °C	139 mm	79 %
May	23.9 °C	215 mm	78 %
June	26.5 °C	240 mm	84 %
July	28.2 °C	192 mm	79 %
August	28.5 °C	145 mm	70 %
September	25.6 °C	103 mm	64 %
October	20.4 °C	92 mm	70 %
November	15.6 °C	60 mm	67 %
December	10.2 °C	38 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	7.9 °C	1.5 °C	4.8 °C	21.2 °C	-10.1 °C	0	0	11
February	10.9 °C	3.8 °C	7.4 °C	27.5 °C	-5.2 °C	0	0	6
March	15.0 °C	7.5 °C	11.2 °C	28.5 °C	-2.4 °C	1	0	1
April	20.3 °C	12.8 °C	16.4 °C	31.0 °C	2.4 °C	6	0	0
May	23.9 °C	17.0 °C	20.3 °C	31.4 °C	8.6 °C	14	0	0
June	26.5 °C	20.4 °C	23.1 °C	32.2 °C	12.5 °C	23	1	0
July	28.2 °C	22.0 °C	24.7 °C	33.8 °C	14.5 °C	28	5	0
August	28.5 °C	21.3 °C	24.6 °C	35.0 °C	13.5 °C	28	8	0
September	25.6 °C	18.1 °C	21.6 °C	34.2 °C	9.0 °C	19	2	0
October	20.4 °C	13.4 °C	16.7 °C	30.9 °C	3.2 °C	5	0	0
November	15.6 °C	8.4 °C	11.9 °C	25.9 °C	-2.3 °C	0	0	0
December	10.2 °C	3.2 °C	6.7 °C	22.6 °C	-9.7 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	51 mm	11	11 h/day	80 %	82 %	14 km/h
February	59 mm	10	11 h/day	82 %	82 %	15 km/h
March	105 mm	16	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	16 km/h
April	139 mm	17	13 h/day	79 %	83 %	16 km/h
May	215 mm	19	13 h/day	78 %	83 %	15 km/h
June	240 mm	20	14 h/day	84 %	85 %	15 km/h
July	192 mm	18	14 h/day	79 %	84 %	16 km/h
August	145 mm	17	13 h/day	70 %	81 %	14 km/h
September	103 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	79 %	13 km/h
October	92 mm	12	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	13 km/h
November	60 mm	10	11 h/day	67 %	80 %	13 km/h
December	38 mm	8	10 h/day	71 %	79 %	13 km/h

How Kaili 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
Kaili	28 °C	1.5 °C	1,438 mm	124
Duyun · China	28 °C	2.1 °C	1,797 mm	120
Guiyang · China	27 °C	1.4 °C	1,454 mm	100
Zunyi · China	28 °C	1.2 °C	1,638 mm	108
Anshun · China	25 °C	1.4 °C	1,611 mm	70
Hechi · China	31 °C	7.3 °C	2,486 mm	187
Fenghuang · China	29 °C	-0.08 °C	1,994 mm	117

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kaili’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kaili?

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

How hot does Kaili get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 17 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 1.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kaili?

June, averaging 240 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is December with 38 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,438 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 Kaili 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
Data point: 26.586°, 107.980° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.