Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
by month.
See how the year changes. June has the highest average daily maximum; December has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Lijiang averages a daytime high of 18.3°C and a nighttime low of 8.0°C, with about 1,465 mm of rain on roughly 160 days. June is the warmest month (average high 23.0°C) and January the coolest (12.1°C). July is the wettest month with 317 mm; December is the driest with 10 mm.
The annual picture
A year in Lijiang
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lijiang climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 14.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 20.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 45 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 115 | 13.2 | 13.513 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 248 | 21.6 | 13.814 h |
| July | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 317 | 27.8 | 13.714 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 277 | 27.9 | 13.113 h |
| September | 20.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 249 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 18.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 113 | 14.6 | 11.512 h |
| November | 15.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 29 | 5.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 12.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- JinniuChina · 124 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 921 mm rain a year
- Dali Old TownChina · 131 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.8°C · 1,155 mm rain a year
- DaliChina · 143 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 1,244 mm rain a year
- XiangchengChina · 160 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 950 mm rain a year
- YunnanyiChina · 167 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 814 mm rain a year
- MichengChina · 172 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.4°C · 1,088 mm rain a year
- Lushui (approximate)China · 179 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 2,199 mm rain a year
- Baoshan (Yunnan), ChinaChina · 222 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 1,450 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+8, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 26.90°, 100.20° (4 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 1.6°C for the difference between the city's elevation (2,397 m) and the cell's (2,642 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 26.75°, 100.25°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.