Climate averages 1991–2020
Pu'er weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Pu'er: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ning’er (29 km away). In December its highs average 18.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Pu'er, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pu'er ranks joint 89th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 475th of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Pu'er is 11.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Pu'er climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 29 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| February | 23.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 67 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| May | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 166 | 17.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 26.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 255 | 25.5 | 13.514 h |
| July | 25.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 377 | 29.1 | 13.413 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 342 | 29.1 | 12.913 h |
| September | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 218 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 133 | 19.5 | 11.612 h |
| November | 21.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| December, selected | 19.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 23 | 4.4 | 10.811 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
December in nearby cities
- Ning’er in DecemberChina · 29 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in DecemberChina · 88 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Menglang in DecemberChina · 112 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Lincang in DecemberChina · 151 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Jianshui in DecemberChina · 167 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in DecemberMyanmar · 168 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Möng Yang in DecemberMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Gejiu in DecemberChina · 232 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 18 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 Pu'er) is explained once on the Pu'er year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.