Kunming climate — normals and trends
Kunming (China) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,496 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Kunming averages 3 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 177 rainy days per year.
Kunming has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 1 June 2023) and the coldest -7.6 °C (on 27 December 1982).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KunmingYunnan
- coords
- 25.04°, 102.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.2°C
Average daily high
19.9°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,496mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
177 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.6 cm
Average feels-like high
18.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.8 °C
1 June 2023
Coldest day
-7.6 °C
27 December 1982
Wettest day
81 mm
30 June 1945
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
7 June 1946
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
19 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-11.7 °C
27 December 1982
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
28 December 1983
Sunniest day
13.4 h
15 June 2001
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 34 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 17.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 38 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 54 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 268 mm | +116 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 267 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 341 mm | +67 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 283 mm | +32 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 274 mm | +98 mm |
| Oct | 20.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 170 mm | +52 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 142 mm | +98 mm |
| Dec | 15.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 7 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kunming?
Kunming has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,496 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kunming?
The hottest day measured in Kunming between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2023, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kunming?
The coldest day measured in Kunming between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1982, at -7.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kunming?
Yes. Kunming gets on average 7.6 cm of snow per year and has around 3 frost days.
Has the climate of Kunming warmed?
Yes: Kunming warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kunming?
The wettest day measured in Kunming between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1945, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kunming?
The windiest day measured in Kunming between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1946, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kunming?
The warmest month in Kunming is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kunming?
Kunming receives on average 1,496 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 177 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kunming?
Kunming gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kunming?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kunming between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kunming?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kunming.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kunming?
In Kunming, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -11.7 °C on 27 December 1982.
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