Qujing climate

Name: Qujing
Address: CN

Qujing is warmest in May, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.7 °C. June is the wettest month (243 mm) and December the driest (28 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qujing averages 1,276 mm of rain, 40 days above 25 °C and 15 days below freezing.

China · population 1,408,500 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month January 2.7 °C
Driest month December 28 mm
Wettest month June 243 mm
Least cloud February 43 % cloud
Hottest on record May 32 °C
Coldest on record December -13 °C

What to expectQujing through the year

Qujing has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 23 °C in May, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 40 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 15 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 243 mm against 28 mm in December — 8.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.0 °C	42 mm	47 %
February	15.8 °C	33 mm	43 %
March	20.1 °C	58 mm	43 %
April	22.6 °C	72 mm	49 %
May	23.4 °C	134 mm	64 %
June	23.2 °C	243 mm	87 %
July	23.3 °C	216 mm	86 %
August	23.2 °C	177 mm	80 %
September	21.2 °C	137 mm	75 %
October	18.3 °C	98 mm	72 %
November	15.5 °C	37 mm	55 %
December	12.4 °C	28 mm	53 %

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	13.0 °C	2.7 °C	7.5 °C	21.3 °C	-10.5 °C	0	0	6
February	15.8 °C	4.5 °C	9.9 °C	25.8 °C	-5.4 °C	0	0	3
March	20.1 °C	7.9 °C	13.7 °C	28.3 °C	-2.6 °C	3	0	1
April	22.6 °C	11.2 °C	16.5 °C	31.1 °C	0.3 °C	11	0	0
May	23.4 °C	13.7 °C	18.2 °C	32.4 °C	4.3 °C	12	1	0
June	23.2 °C	15.7 °C	18.9 °C	30.8 °C	9.1 °C	6	0	0
July	23.3 °C	16.1 °C	19.1 °C	27.1 °C	10.3 °C	5	0	0
August	23.2 °C	15.5 °C	18.8 °C	27.8 °C	9.0 °C	4	0	0
September	21.2 °C	13.9 °C	17.1 °C	27.4 °C	5.2 °C	1	0	0
October	18.3 °C	11.0 °C	14.2 °C	24.0 °C	1.9 °C	0	0	0
November	15.5 °C	6.5 °C	10.8 °C	23.4 °C	-3.9 °C	0	0	0
December	12.4 °C	3.1 °C	7.5 °C	20.2 °C	-12.7 °C	0	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	7	11 h/day	47 %	73 %	23 km/h
February	33 mm	6	11 h/day	43 %	64 %	25 km/h
March	58 mm	8	12 h/day	43 %	59 %	26 km/h
April	72 mm	10	13 h/day	49 %	62 %	23 km/h
May	134 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	70 %	20 km/h
June	243 mm	23	14 h/day	87 %	82 %	16 km/h
July	216 mm	24	14 h/day	86 %	84 %	15 km/h
August	177 mm	22	13 h/day	80 %	84 %	14 km/h
September	137 mm	18	12 h/day	75 %	83 %	14 km/h
October	98 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	16 km/h
November	37 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	79 %	18 km/h
December	28 mm	6	11 h/day	53 %	78 %	19 km/h

How Qujing 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
Qujing	23 °C	2.7 °C	1,276 mm	40
Kunming · China	25 °C	4.9 °C	1,463 mm	55
Xingyi · China	27 °C	4.2 °C	1,474 mm	137
Liupanshui · China	24 °C	0.9 °C	1,500 mm	40
Zhaotong · China	23 °C	-2.3 °C	996 mm	35
Kaiyuan · China	28 °C	8.1 °C	844 mm	192
Chuxiong · China	26 °C	5.2 °C	1,036 mm	96

Where Qujing ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in July	19th of 50	23 °C
The coolest places in Asia in August	21st of 50	23 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Qujing’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qujing?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August 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 Qujing get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. About 1 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 2.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 15 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qujing?

June, averaging 243 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is December with 28 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,276 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 Qujing 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: 25.483°, 103.783° (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.