Shangri-La climate — normals and trends
Shangri-La (China) has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Dwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 1,266 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 (12.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Shangri-La averages 168 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 194 rainy days per year.
Shangri-La has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 175 to 161 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 22.6 °C (on 6 August 2020) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 5 January 1983).
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
Shangri-LaYunnan
- coords
- 27.83°, 99.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.8°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
0.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,266mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
168 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
194 d/yr
Annual snowfall
146.5 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
22.6 °C
6 August 2020
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
5 January 1983
Wettest day
59 mm
25 May 1958
Windiest day
23.2 km/h
23 April 2014
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
17 January 1994
Hottest feels-like
24.8 °C
18 August 2016
Coldest feels-like
-34.8 °C
5 January 1983
Snowiest day
30.6 cm
16 April 2004
Sunniest day
13.2 h
7 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 32 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 54 mm | +8 mm |
| Mar | 4.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 98 mm | +39 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 63 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 153 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 17.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 205 mm | +25 mm |
| Jul | 18.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 273 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 17.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 319 mm | +77 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 150 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 38 mm | -47 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 55 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 3 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shangri-La?
Shangri-La has a warm-summer humid continental, dry winter climate (Köppen Dwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 1,266 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shangri-La?
The hottest day measured in Shangri-La between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2020, reaching 22.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shangri-La?
The coldest day measured in Shangri-La between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1983, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Shangri-La?
Yes. Shangri-La gets on average 146.5 cm of snow per year and has around 168 frost days.
Has the climate of Shangri-La warmed?
Yes: Shangri-La warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shangri-La?
The wettest day measured in Shangri-La between 1940 and 2025 was 25 May 1958, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shangri-La?
The windiest day measured in Shangri-La between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2014, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shangri-La?
The warmest month in Shangri-La is July (12.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Shangri-La?
Shangri-La receives on average 1,266 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shangri-La?
Shangri-La gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shangri-La?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shangri-La between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 2004, with 30.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shangri-La?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shangri-La.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shangri-La?
In Shangri-La, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 24.8 °C on 18 August 2016, and the lowest was -34.8 °C on 5 January 1983.
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