Yunnan, China · population 3,855,346 · 13 weather stations within 200 km · records 1840 to 2025
Kunming has an average annual daytime high of 20.1°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is May, when highs typically reach 24.4°C, and its coldest is January, with overnight lows near 1.7°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Kunming's average temperature has risen by +2.0°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1840, warming totals +2.0°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Kunming's average annual daytime high is 20.1°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is May, with highs averaging 24.4°C, and the coldest is January, with lows averaging 1.7°C.
May is the warmest month in Kunming, with typical daytime highs of 24.4°C.
2023 is the hottest year on record for Kunming, running +2.1°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Kunming has warmed by roughly +2.0°C.
February to November typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.