Pu'er climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pu'er?

Pu'er has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 1,811 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pu'er?

The hottest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pu'er?

The coldest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1974, at -0.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pu'er?

Almost never: Pu'er sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pu'er warmed?

Yes: Pu'er warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pu'er?

The wettest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1972, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pu'er?

The windiest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1983, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pu'er?

The warmest month in Pu'er is May (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (13.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pu'er?

Pu'er receives on average 1,811 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pu'er?

Pu'er gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pu'er (China) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 1,811 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 May (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (13.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

Pu'er averages 0 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.

Pu'er has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 20 May 2019) and the coldest -0.3 °C (on 3 January 1974).

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

Pu'erYunnan

coords: 22.79°, 100.97°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthMayColdest monthDecemberWettest monthJulyDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

24.8°C

Average daily low

15.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,811mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

10.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

189 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

57 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

37.5 °C

20 May 2019

Coldest day

-0.3 °C

3 January 1974

Wettest day

138 mm

30 August 1972

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

15 February 1983

Strongest gust

73.8 km/h

24 August 1987

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

30 May 2023

Coldest feels-like

-3.1 °C

3 January 1974

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

16 December 2013

Sunniest day

13.0 h

18 June 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.8 °C9 May 2025	3.9 °C29 November 2025	19.9 °C	2,184 mm	37	0
2024	35.5 °C9 April 2024	8.1 °C6 January 2024	20.7 °C	1,939 mm	67	0
2023	36.4 °C1 June 2023	5.6 °C7 January 2023	20.6 °C	1,579 mm	67	0
2022	33.1 °C28 April 2022	5.8 °C14 February 2022	19.9 °C	1,575 mm	37	0
2021	35.4 °C25 April 2021	5.1 °C10 February 2021	20.1 °C	1,542 mm	54	0
2020	36.0 °C8 May 2020	4.5 °C26 January 2020	20.7 °C	1,442 mm	82	0
2019	37.5 °C20 May 2019	1.6 °C8 December 2019	20.9 °C	1,148 mm	84	0
2018	32.4 °C23 April 2018	7.0 °C13 January 2018	19.8 °C	2,003 mm	18	0
2017	35.3 °C5 May 2017	2.0 °C21 December 2017	20.2 °C	1,912 mm	45	0
2016	36.1 °C10 May 2016	4.0 °C25 January 2016	20.4 °C	1,487 mm	63	0
2015	33.5 °C15 May 2015	3.9 °C14 January 2015	20.3 °C	1,598 mm	69	0
2014	35.9 °C21 April 2014	4.3 °C22 January 2014	20.7 °C	1,537 mm	65	0
2013	34.6 °C22 April 2013	1.7 °C17 December 2013	20.3 °C	1,640 mm	62	0
2012	34.1 °C4 May 2012	5.6 °C16 January 2012	20.8 °C	1,656 mm	54	0
2011	32.5 °C11 May 2011	4.7 °C21 January 2011	19.6 °C	1,626 mm	16	0
2010	36.6 °C5 May 2010	6.5 °C30 December 2010	20.8 °C	1,485 mm	58	0
2009	33.9 °C11 May 2009	6.1 °C30 December 2009	20.5 °C	1,623 mm	37	0
2008	34.8 °C21 April 2008	4.6 °C2 December 2008	19.8 °C	1,967 mm	29	0
2007	32.8 °C31 March 2007	6.2 °C4 February 2007	19.9 °C	1,595 mm	29	0
2006	34.2 °C14 April 2006	4.1 °C23 December 2006	20.2 °C	1,624 mm	42	0
2005	34.6 °C27 May 2005	5.9 °C31 December 2005	20.5 °C	1,610 mm	54	0
2004	35.3 °C3 May 2004	5.5 °C5 December 2004	19.7 °C	1,640 mm	36	0
2003	34.5 °C26 April 2003	7.2 °C27 January 2003	20.2 °C	1,379 mm	36	0
2002	33.1 °C21 April 2002	6.1 °C23 December 2002	20.1 °C	1,813 mm	24	0
2001	34.3 °C7 April 2001	5.2 °C11 January 2001	20.1 °C	2,045 mm	34	0
2000	31.8 °C9 April 2000	6.4 °C9 January 2000	19.7 °C	1,792 mm	12	0
1999	34.5 °C25 April 1999	0.2 °C25 December 1999	20.0 °C	2,026 mm	20	0
1998	34.1 °C14 May 1998	3.7 °C16 December 1998	20.6 °C	1,759 mm	40	0
1997	34.6 °C16 May 1997	4.0 °C24 January 1997	19.6 °C	1,679 mm	23	0
1996	34.0 °C17 April 1996	3.3 °C1 January 1996	19.8 °C	1,938 mm	30	0
1995	34.0 °C23 April 1995	3.5 °C31 December 1995	20.1 °C	1,802 mm	45	0
1994	34.7 °C11 April 1994	6.4 °C4 January 1994	20.0 °C	2,085 mm	32	0
1993	32.0 °C1 April 1993	2.1 °C27 December 1993	19.5 °C	1,774 mm	22	0
1992	35.7 °C14 May 1992	3.9 °C8 December 1992	19.2 °C	1,689 mm	55	0
1991	34.2 °C18 April 1991	6.0 °C18 December 1991	19.8 °C	1,967 mm	36	0
1990	33.3 °C16 April 1990	5.7 °C2 January 1990	19.4 °C	1,986 mm	23	0
1989	34.6 °C8 May 1989	4.2 °C19 December 1989	19.6 °C	1,891 mm	33	0
1988	33.8 °C7 April 1988	5.3 °C2 January 1988	19.7 °C	1,719 mm	23	0
1987	36.6 °C28 May 1987	3.7 °C24 December 1987	19.8 °C	1,770 mm	42	0
1986	34.8 °C2 June 1986	1.4 °C5 March 1986	19.4 °C	1,803 mm	34	0
1985	32.8 °C3 April 1985	2.4 °C25 December 1985	19.3 °C	2,117 mm	16	0
1984	33.4 °C14 April 1984	5.4 °C10 January 1984	19.7 °C	1,846 mm	38	0
1983	35.3 °C18 April 1983	2.7 °C1 December 1983	19.3 °C	1,946 mm	44	0
1982	33.9 °C13 May 1982	1.9 °C27 December 1982	19.2 °C	1,922 mm	22	0
1981	32.4 °C9 April 1981	5.5 °C29 December 1981	19.5 °C	2,009 mm	15	0
1980	34.4 °C15 May 1980	4.8 °C17 January 1980	19.8 °C	1,691 mm	54	0
1979	34.5 °C13 May 1979	3.0 °C23 December 1979	19.5 °C	1,525 mm	41	0
1978	32.3 °C26 April 1978	3.8 °C13 January 1978	19.1 °C	1,894 mm	21	0
1977	32.4 °C10 June 1977	4.6 °C8 January 1977	18.7 °C	1,948 mm	16	0
1976	32.6 °C2 April 1976	3.5 °C1 January 1976	18.9 °C	2,007 mm	25	0
1975	34.3 °C1 May 1975	0.7 °C24 December 1975	19.2 °C	1,824 mm	36	0
1974	31.0 °C14 March 1974	-0.3 °C3 January 1974	18.8 °C	2,048 mm	6	1
1973	32.1 °C3 April 1973	1.3 °C31 December 1973	19.2 °C	2,043 mm	18	0
1972	34.7 °C15 May 1972	3.8 °C20 January 1972	19.1 °C	2,344 mm	24	0
1971	33.3 °C19 May 1971	2.3 °C6 January 1971	18.3 °C	2,181 mm	12	0
1970	34.5 °C20 April 1970	3.1 °C21 December 1970	19.3 °C	1,929 mm	25	0
1969	34.2 °C17 May 1969	4.6 °C23 January 1969	19.5 °C	1,744 mm	40	0
1968	31.3 °C22 April 1968	3.2 °C25 January 1968	18.7 °C	1,940 mm	12	0
1967	31.7 °C4 April 1967	5.0 °C20 January 1967	18.7 °C	1,998 mm	12	0
1966	35.9 °C2 May 1966	6.3 °C26 December 1966	19.1 °C	1,759 mm	33	0
1965	34.3 °C15 May 1965	3.4 °C17 January 1965	18.5 °C	1,945 mm	25	0
1964	32.5 °C10 April 1964	1.9 °C29 December 1964	19.2 °C	1,894 mm	18	0
1963	34.5 °C25 April 1963	4.0 °C16 January 1963	19.2 °C	1,766 mm	41	0
1962	33.0 °C12 April 1962	4.3 °C29 December 1962	19.2 °C	1,725 mm	31	0
1961	34.5 °C25 April 1961	4.0 °C25 January 1961	19.4 °C	1,913 mm	26	0
1960	36.0 °C29 April 1960	4.6 °C3 January 1960	19.7 °C	2,042 mm	41	0
1959	34.8 °C12 April 1959	4.2 °C2 January 1959	19.1 °C	1,884 mm	31	0
1958	35.7 °C2 June 1958	4.0 °C2 February 1958	19.2 °C	1,865 mm	27	0
1957	35.8 °C26 May 1957	3.4 °C26 January 1957	19.5 °C	1,788 mm	41	0
1956	34.9 °C16 April 1956	3.2 °C18 January 1956	19.0 °C	1,633 mm	32	0
1955	31.4 °C22 March 1955	2.7 °C13 January 1955	18.4 °C	1,761 mm	14	0
1954	33.6 °C27 April 1954	2.7 °C16 December 1954	18.8 °C	1,626 mm	15	0
1953	29.8 °C23 May 1953	2.0 °C27 January 1953	18.2 °C	1,628 mm	0	0
1952	34.2 °C7 May 1952	4.8 °C14 January 1952	18.8 °C	1,884 mm	20	0
1951	32.0 °C13 May 1951	5.7 °C31 January 1951	18.5 °C	1,922 mm	10	0
1950	34.0 °C17 May 1950	3.4 °C7 January 1950	18.8 °C	1,862 mm	29	0
1949	29.2 °C12 April 1949	4.8 °C13 February 1949	18.4 °C	1,900 mm	0	0
1948	30.3 °C15 March 1948	3.3 °C4 January 1948	18.1 °C	1,973 mm	1	0
1947	31.7 °C8 May 1947	4.5 °C31 December 1947	18.3 °C	1,815 mm	3	0
1946	31.1 °C11 March 1946	2.8 °C8 January 1946	18.2 °C	1,337 mm	9	0
1945	30.7 °C3 April 1945	5.1 °C30 December 1945	18.0 °C	2,044 mm	4	0
1944	31.1 °C25 April 1944	5.8 °C10 December 1944	18.3 °C	1,807 mm	6	0
1943	31.4 °C7 April 1943	4.5 °C11 December 1943	18.1 °C	1,853 mm	17	0
1942	32.8 °C16 April 1942	4.8 °C14 December 1942	18.0 °C	1,945 mm	15	0
1941	31.9 °C9 May 1941	5.3 °C3 February 1941	18.4 °C	2,104 mm	13	0
1940	31.5 °C27 April 1940	2.9 °C1 January 1940	18.2 °C	1,765 mm	6	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.5 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2184 mm

+373 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.5 °C	0.0 °C	8 mm	-16 mm
Feb	25.0 °C	+1.6 °C	24 mm	-0 mm
Mar	27.3 °C	+0.6 °C	13 mm	-25 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	-0.3 °C	50 mm	-22 mm
May	27.4 °C	-0.6 °C	182 mm	0 mm
Jun	27.2 °C	+0.5 °C	357 mm	+60 mm
Jul	27.2 °C	+1.2 °C	557 mm	+192 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	+0.6 °C	365 mm	+11 mm
Sep	27.0 °C	+1.0 °C	344 mm	+108 mm
Oct	25.9 °C	+1.6 °C	164 mm	+26 mm
Nov	22.0 °C	+0.1 °C	110 mm	+53 mm
Dec	21.7 °C	+2.0 °C	11 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

9 May 2025

Coldest day

3.9 °C

29 Nov 2025

Wettest day

62.7 mm

30 Sep 2025

Windiest day

20.5 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

13 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.0 °C

29 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

13 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pu'er?

Pu'er has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 1,811 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pu'er?

The hottest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2019, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pu'er?

The coldest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1974, at -0.3 °C.

Does it snow in Pu'er?

Almost never: Pu'er sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pu'er warmed?

Yes: Pu'er warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pu'er?

The wettest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1972, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pu'er?

The windiest day measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1983, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pu'er?

The warmest month in Pu'er is May (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (13.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Pu'er?

Pu'er receives on average 1,811 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pu'er?

Pu'er gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pu'er?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pu'er between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 2013, with 0.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Pu'er?

Yes: Pu'er has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pu'er?

In Pu'er, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 30 May 2023, and the lowest was -3.1 °C on 3 January 1974.

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