Weather in Yunnan

Calculated from weather data of Kunming Wujiaba International Airport (ZPPP) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.4	14.0	14.4	13.5	13.5	15.1
February	16.5	17.8	17.6	13.5	16.8	16.1
March	20.9	22.3	20.8	22.3	21.3	21.8
April	22.4		25.6	20.1	23.3	20.6
May	24.7		26.6	20.6	26.3	25.1
June	24.5		25.1	22.5	24.3	26.8
July	23.7		24.1	24.8	23.8	23.1
August	24.0		23.6	24.6	23.8	23.8
September	22.3		24.1	20.8	23.8	21.6
October	19.2		20.6	18.5	18.3	19.0
November	17.7		18.3	20.1	15.0	17.6
December	14.5		14.9	14.6	13.6	14.4
Average	20.1	18.0	21.3	19.9	20.3	20.4

25th highest temperature of China

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.0	4	2	3	1	4
February	4.6	6	6	2	5	5
March	8.2	9	8	9	9	9
April	10.8		13	9	12	10
May	14.0		15	12	15	14
June	16.3		16	16	16	18
July	16.4		17	17	16	17
August	16.1		16	16	17	16
September	14.6		15	14	15	15
October	11.4		12	11	12	12
November	6.9		8	7	6	7
December	4.1		6	4	5	4
Average	10.0	6.3	11.1	10.2	10.7	10.7

14th lowest temperature of China

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	3	0	1	0
25 °C or warmer	0	92	52	65	69
20 °C or warmer	34	222	185	202	193
0 °C or colder	2	11	12	9	3

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.5	7	2	5	3	6
February	2.5	1	1	7	5	2
March	1.8	1	0	3	0	2
April	5.3		2	8	8	8
May	5.6		4	14	3	3
June	9.1		7	10	11	4
July	13.9		13	6	13	18
August	9.0		8	8	8	16
September	7.6		4	10	3	14
October	11.2		9	8	20	9
November	3.5		3	0	11	5
December	1.9		4	1	3	1
Average	6.0	3.0	4.7	6.9	7.4	7.2

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.7	22	22	23	24	26
February	25.8	30	26	26	22	23
March	27.1	28	26	26	29	28
April	24.7		28	21	24	23
May	22.5		26	18	25	22
June	18.7		18	19	17	22
July	15.8		19	15	16	19
August	13.6		12	13	16	14
September	14.4		14	13	14	15
October	16.5		16	16	19	15
November	20.5		19	20	20	19
December	21.5		22	22	19	24
Average	21.1	26.8	20.7	19.0	20.3	20.8

3rd highest wind speed of China

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
February	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
March	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
April		SW	SW	SW	SW
May		SW	SW	SW	SW
June		SW	SW	SW	SW
July		SW	SW	SW	SW
August		NE	S	SW	SW
September		S	E	S	SW
October		SW	S	S	SW
November		SW	SW	SW	SW
December		SW	SW	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Yunnan weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Yunnan?

The warmest month is May with an average temperature of 25 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Yunnan?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 14 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Yunnan?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in July with a probability of around 14.0 %.

Which month is the driest in Yunnan?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in March. The probability is about 1.9 %.