Kunming climate

Kunming Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kunming, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 15°C on January 1 to 16°C on January 31, and lows from 2°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 19 mm over about 3 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kunming, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
19 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CJan 24, 2014
Reanalysis low
-10°CJan 31, 2000
Daylight
10 h 37 min to 11 h 01 min
Cloud cover
37%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 115°C2°C19°C 2012-2°C 200511%
Jan 215°C2°C20°C 2012-2°C 200012%
Jan 315°C2°C20°C 2015-1°C 201612%
Jan 415°C2°C21°C 2015-1°C 201412%
Jan 515°C2°C19°C 2005-4°C 200312%
Jan 615°C2°C18°C 2008-5°C 200312%
Jan 715°C2°C19°C 2019-2°C 200212%
Jan 815°C2°C19°C 20080°C 199812%
Jan 915°C2°C19°C 2008-2°C 200912%
Jan 1015°C2°C19°C 1995-2°C 201811%
Jan 1115°C2°C19°C 1995-2°C 201811%
Jan 1215°C2°C19°C 1994-4°C 201810%
Jan 1315°C2°C19°C 1994-3°C 199210%
Jan 1415°C2°C19°C 1994-5°C 199210%
Jan 1515°C2°C19°C 1994-3°C 201110%
Jan 1615°C2°C19°C 1994-3°C 199310%
Jan 1715°C2°C20°C 1995-1°C 201210%
Jan 1815°C2°C19°C 1995-1°C 19989%
Jan 1915°C2°C20°C 2013-2°C 19939%
Jan 2015°C2°C19°C 2010-2°C 19938%
Jan 2115°C2°C20°C 2010-4°C 20148%
Jan 2215°C2°C20°C 2010-2°C 20148%
Jan 2316°C2°C20°C 2010-2°C 20168%
Jan 2416°C2°C22°C 2014-6°C 20168%
Jan 2516°C2°C20°C 2010-7°C 20168%
Jan 2616°C2°C19°C 1994-2°C 20168%
Jan 2716°C2°C20°C 2015-3°C 19938%
Jan 2816°C2°C19°C 1994-4°C 19938%
Jan 2916°C2°C19°C 2006-3°C 19938%
Jan 3016°C2°C20°C 2005-7°C 20008%
Jan 3116°C2°C21°C 2005-10°C 20008%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kunming, in percent.02.557.51012.51102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

January 1
sunrise 7:54 AM, sunset 6:31 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:52 AM, sunset 6:53 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.