Lincang climate

Name: Lincang
Address: CN

Lincang is warmest in May, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 7.6 °C. July is the wettest month (311 mm) and December the driest (19 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lincang averages 1,494 mm of rain and 154 days above 25 °C.

China · population 323,708 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January 7.6 °C
Driest month December 19 mm
Wettest month July 311 mm
Least cloud February 26 % cloud
Hottest on record May 34 °C
Coldest on record January 2.3 °C

What to expectLincang through the year

Lincang has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 27 °C in May, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 311 mm against 19 mm in December — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.4 °C	31 mm	28 %
February	21.8 °C	26 mm	26 %
March	24.9 °C	33 mm	31 %
April	26.8 °C	61 mm	40 %
May	27.0 °C	136 mm	60 %
June	26.3 °C	209 mm	89 %
July	25.4 °C	311 mm	94 %
August	25.7 °C	281 mm	90 %
September	25.1 °C	205 mm	84 %
October	23.3 °C	134 mm	70 %
November	21.1 °C	48 mm	46 %
December	19.1 °C	19 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.4 °C	7.6 °C	13.3 °C	25.9 °C	2.3 °C	0	0
February	21.8 °C	8.8 °C	15.3 °C	28.7 °C	3.2 °C	4	0
March	24.9 °C	11.6 °C	18.4 °C	30.7 °C	5.8 °C	17	0
April	26.8 °C	14.3 °C	20.5 °C	33.4 °C	9.0 °C	23	3
May	27.0 °C	16.9 °C	21.6 °C	34.3 °C	12.5 °C	24	5
June	26.3 °C	19.0 °C	22.0 °C	33.6 °C	15.3 °C	23	1
July	25.4 °C	19.1 °C	21.6 °C	29.9 °C	16.3 °C	19	0
August	25.7 °C	18.8 °C	21.6 °C	29.8 °C	14.9 °C	21	0
September	25.1 °C	17.7 °C	20.8 °C	29.4 °C	12.7 °C	18	0
October	23.3 °C	15.5 °C	19.0 °C	28.1 °C	10.4 °C	6	0
November	21.1 °C	11.5 °C	16.1 °C	26.3 °C	5.9 °C	0	0
December	19.1 °C	8.6 °C	13.6 °C	24.1 °C	2.8 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	31 mm	5	11 h/day	28 %	65 %	10 km/h
February	26 mm	5	11 h/day	26 %	58 %	12 km/h
March	33 mm	6	12 h/day	31 %	55 %	14 km/h
April	61 mm	10	13 h/day	40 %	62 %	13 km/h
May	136 mm	16	13 h/day	60 %	74 %	9.8 km/h
June	209 mm	26	14 h/day	89 %	85 %	7.7 km/h
July	311 mm	29	13 h/day	94 %	90 %	6.5 km/h
August	281 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	89 %	6.0 km/h
September	205 mm	25	12 h/day	84 %	88 %	5.8 km/h
October	134 mm	20	12 h/day	70 %	85 %	6.1 km/h
November	48 mm	7	11 h/day	46 %	78 %	7.1 km/h
December	19 mm	4	11 h/day	36 %	73 %	8.0 km/h

How Lincang 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
Lincang	27 °C	7.6 °C	1,494 mm	154
Jianshui · China	24 °C	4.5 °C	1,888 mm	45
Ning’er · China	28 °C	9.1 °C	1,848 mm	151
Pu'er · China	28 °C	9.5 °C	1,721 mm	169
Longling County · China	25 °C	5.8 °C	2,139 mm	71
Baoshan · China	24 °C	4.3 °C	1,432 mm	57
Dali · China	24 °C	4.6 °C	1,249 mm	47

Where Lincang ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	9thof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	21stof 50	79/100
Places with the best weather in the world in March	23rdof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	47thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Lincang’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lincang?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, October 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 Lincang get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.6 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lincang?

July, averaging 311 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is December with 19 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,494 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 Lincang 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.