Kunming climate

Name: Kunming
Address: CN

Kunming is warmest in May, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.9 °C. July is the wettest month (288 mm) and December the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kunming averages 1,463 mm of rain, 55 days above 25 °C and 3 days below freezing.

China · population 3,855,346 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January 4.9 °C
Driest month December 24 mm
Wettest month July 288 mm
Least cloud February 33 % cloud
Hottest on record May 32 °C
Coldest on record December -7.6 °C

What to expectKunming through the year

Kunming has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 15 °C in January to 25 °C in May, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 55 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 3 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 288 mm against 24 mm in December — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.6 °C	37 mm	39 %
February	17.6 °C	30 mm	33 %
March	21.4 °C	42 mm	34 %
April	24.1 °C	68 mm	41 %
May	24.6 °C	143 mm	59 %
June	24.0 °C	278 mm	86 %
July	23.5 °C	288 mm	88 %
August	23.6 °C	236 mm	81 %
September	21.9 °C	165 mm	76 %
October	19.4 °C	117 mm	66 %
November	16.8 °C	34 mm	48 %
December	14.1 °C	24 mm	45 %

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	14.6 °C	4.9 °C	9.6 °C	21.8 °C	-7.4 °C	0	0	1
February	17.6 °C	6.8 °C	12.2 °C	25.5 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	0
March	21.4 °C	10.0 °C	15.8 °C	28.9 °C	-0.6 °C	5	0	0
April	24.1 °C	13.0 °C	18.5 °C	31.7 °C	1.7 °C	14	0	0
May	24.6 °C	15.1 °C	19.7 °C	32.4 °C	6.0 °C	15	2	0
June	24.0 °C	16.7 °C	20.0 °C	31.4 °C	9.9 °C	9	0	0
July	23.5 °C	16.8 °C	19.7 °C	27.3 °C	11.9 °C	6	0	0
August	23.6 °C	16.4 °C	19.6 °C	28.0 °C	12.4 °C	5	0	0
September	21.9 °C	15.0 °C	18.1 °C	27.1 °C	7.3 °C	1	0	0
October	19.4 °C	12.4 °C	15.7 °C	24.3 °C	4.4 °C	0	0	0
November	16.8 °C	8.5 °C	12.5 °C	22.5 °C	-1.4 °C	0	0	0
December	14.1 °C	5.1 °C	9.4 °C	20.5 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	5	11 h/day	39 %	71 %	21 km/h
February	30 mm	5	11 h/day	33 %	61 %	24 km/h
March	42 mm	6	12 h/day	34 %	54 %	25 km/h
April	68 mm	9	13 h/day	41 %	58 %	23 km/h
May	143 mm	15	13 h/day	59 %	68 %	19 km/h
June	278 mm	24	14 h/day	86 %	82 %	15 km/h
July	288 mm	27	14 h/day	88 %	86 %	13 km/h
August	236 mm	25	13 h/day	81 %	84 %	13 km/h
September	165 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	13 km/h
October	117 mm	17	12 h/day	66 %	83 %	14 km/h
November	34 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	78 %	16 km/h
December	24 mm	4	11 h/day	45 %	77 %	17 km/h

How Kunming 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
Kunming	25 °C	4.9 °C	1,463 mm	55
Qujing · China	23 °C	2.7 °C	1,276 mm	40
Chuxiong · China	26 °C	5.2 °C	1,036 mm	96
Kaiyuan · China	28 °C	8.1 °C	844 mm	192
Jianshui · China	24 °C	4.5 °C	1,888 mm	45
Mengzi · China	27 °C	8.2 °C	1,403 mm	148
Panzhihua · China	31 °C	8.2 °C	1,632 mm	215

Where Kunming ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in August	28thof 50	24 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	28thof 50	24 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	48thof 50	76/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kunming’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kunming?

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

How hot does Kunming get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 3 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kunming?

July, averaging 288 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is December with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,463 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 Kunming 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.