Climate Kunming Wujiaba International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.5	85	84	88	85	87
February	84.9	94	89	86	93	81
March	90.7	97	93	95	95	90
April	90.0		98	92	89	88
May	92.0		91	88	92	96
June	87.7		86	93	90	93
July	86.1		88	88	93	88
August	87.6		85	90	95	94
September	86.7		95	89	97	85
October	81.1		87	81	84	86
November	84.0		86	97	78	83
December	79.2		84	81	80	79
Average	86.9	91.9	88.7	89.2	89.4	87.7

3rd best VFR conditions of China

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	94.4	98	94	94	92	97
February	92.4	100	99	94	98	88
March	98.0	100	99	99	99	98
April	97.3		100	98	98	96
May	98.3		97	98	99	98
June	96.5		97	98	95	99
July	96.6		98	99	99	100
August	96.5		97	98	100	99
September	96.4		99	97	99	97
October	94.0		99	95	96	97
November	93.0		96	99	90	91
December	90.3		95	95	94	87
Average	95.8	99.2	97.5	97.0	96.6	95.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	14.4	14	14	14	14	15
February	16.5	18	18	14	17	16
March	20.9	22	21	22	21	22
April	22.4		26	20	23	21
May	24.7		27	21	26	25
June	24.5		25	23	24	27
July	23.7		24	25	24	23
August	24.0		24	25	24	24
September	22.3		24	21	24	22
October	19.2		21	19	18	19
November	17.7		18	20	15	18
December	14.5		15	15	14	14
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.

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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.8	12	12	13	13	14
February	13.9	16	14	14	12	12
March	14.6	15	14	14	16	15
April	13.3		15	11	13	13
May	12.1		14	10	14	12
June	10.1		10	10	9	12
July	8.5		10	8	9	10
August	7.3		6	7	9	8
September	7.7		8	7	7	8
October	8.9		9	8	10	8
November	11.0		10	11	11	10
December	11.6		12	12	10	13
Average	11.4	14.4	11.1	10.2	11.0	11.2

25th 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	225°	225°	229°	231°	230°
February	231°	229°	232°	230°	229°
March	232°	234°	228°	240°	237°
April		239°	231°	232°	238°
May		230°	220°	229°	241°
June		223°	227°	225°	224°
July		215°	216°	215°	221°
August		042°	185°	212°	214°
September		189°	099°	201°	219°
October		223°	201°	202°	216°
November		231°	225°	236°	229°
December		226°	230°	224°	231°

Prevailing wind direction

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