Climate averages 1991–2020
Lijiang weather
in November.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Lijiang: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinniu (124 km away). In November its highs average 21.1°C, 5.7°C warmer than Lijiang, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Lijiang ranks joint 426th of 884 for the warmest November highs and joint 330th of 884 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 884 cities is 13.7°C; Lijiang is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Jinniu in NovemberChina · 124 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Dali Old Town in NovemberChina · 131 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Dali in NovemberChina · 143 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 9.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in NovemberChina · 160 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in NovemberChina · 167 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Micheng in NovemberChina · 172 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in NovemberChina · 179 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in NovemberChina · 222 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.2°C · 37 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lijiang) is explained once on the Lijiang year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.