Pu'er climate

Name: Pu'er
Address: CN

Pu'er is warmest in April, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 9.5 °C. July is the wettest month (369 mm) and February the driest (19 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Pu'er averages 1,721 mm of rain and 169 days above 25 °C.

China · population 296,565 · 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 April 28 °C
Coldest month December 9.5 °C
Driest month February 19 mm
Wettest month July 369 mm
Least cloud February 28 % cloud
Hottest on record May 36 °C
Coldest on record December 0 °C

What to expectPu'er through the year

Pu'er has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in December to 28 °C in April, a swing of 8.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 169 days a year reach 25 °C, 25 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 369 mm against 19 mm in February — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.8 °C	32 mm	36 %
February	22.9 °C	19 mm	28 %
March	26.6 °C	37 mm	31 %
April	28.3 °C	67 mm	41 %
May	27.7 °C	172 mm	63 %
June	26.6 °C	261 mm	90 %
July	25.5 °C	369 mm	93 %
August	25.7 °C	341 mm	89 %
September	25.1 °C	215 mm	81 %
October	23.4 °C	136 mm	67 %
November	21.2 °C	49 mm	47 %
December	19.1 °C	23 mm	43 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.8 °C	9.6 °C	14.5 °C	27.2 °C	2.9 °C	0	0
February	22.9 °C	11.5 °C	17.0 °C	30.1 °C	5.0 °C	9	0
March	26.6 °C	14.8 °C	20.5 °C	32.9 °C	7.1 °C	23	4
April	28.3 °C	17.2 °C	22.3 °C	35.1 °C	8.1 °C	25	11
May	27.7 °C	18.6 °C	22.6 °C	36.0 °C	12.3 °C	25	8
June	26.6 °C	19.3 °C	22.3 °C	33.5 °C	13.4 °C	23	1
July	25.5 °C	19.1 °C	21.6 °C	30.9 °C	16.8 °C	18	0
August	25.7 °C	18.8 °C	21.5 °C	30.8 °C	16.1 °C	20	0
September	25.1 °C	17.9 °C	20.9 °C	29.9 °C	12.6 °C	18	0
October	23.4 °C	16.0 °C	19.3 °C	27.8 °C	9.0 °C	8	0
November	21.2 °C	12.5 °C	16.6 °C	26.7 °C	5.0 °C	1	0
December	19.1 °C	9.5 °C	14.2 °C	25.0 °C	0.0 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	32 mm	5	11 h/day	36 %	71 %	11 km/h
February	19 mm	3	11 h/day	28 %	58 %	13 km/h
March	37 mm	5	12 h/day	31 %	52 %	15 km/h
April	67 mm	9	13 h/day	41 %	60 %	14 km/h
May	172 mm	17	13 h/day	63 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	261 mm	26	14 h/day	90 %	86 %	10 km/h
July	369 mm	30	13 h/day	93 %	90 %	8.5 km/h
August	341 mm	29	13 h/day	89 %	90 %	7.6 km/h
September	215 mm	25	12 h/day	81 %	88 %	7.5 km/h
October	136 mm	19	12 h/day	67 %	85 %	7.9 km/h
November	49 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	80 %	8.3 km/h
December	23 mm	4	11 h/day	43 %	77 %	9.1 km/h

How Pu'er 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
Pu'er	28 °C	9.5 °C	1,721 mm	169
Ning’er · China	28 °C	9.1 °C	1,848 mm	151
Jinghong · China	33 °C	12 °C	1,812 mm	297
Lincang · China	27 °C	7.6 °C	1,494 mm	154
Jianshui · China	24 °C	4.5 °C	1,888 mm	45
Kēng Tung · Myanmar	32 °C	13 °C	1,397 mm	297
Mengzi · China	27 °C	8.2 °C	1,403 mm	148

Where Pu'er ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in February	2nd of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	2nd of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	32nd of 50	78/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in March	36th of 50	92/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pu'er.

QuestionsCommon questions about Pu'er’s climate

When is the best time to visit Pu'er?

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

How hot does Pu'er get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 25 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.5 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Pu'er?

July, averaging 369 mm over 30 days with rain. The driest month is February with 19 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,721 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 Pu'er 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: 22.789°, 100.975° (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.