Climate averages 1991–2020
Pu'er weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Pu'er: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ning’er (29 km away). In January its highs average 19.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Pu'er, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pu'er ranks joint 27th of 884 for the warmest January highs and joint 515th of 884 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 884 cities is 5.9°C; Pu'er is 14.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ning’er in JanuaryChina · 29 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in JanuaryChina · 88 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Menglang in JanuaryChina · 112 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Lincang in JanuaryChina · 151 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Jianshui in JanuaryChina · 167 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in JanuaryMyanmar · 168 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Möng Yang in JanuaryMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Gejiu in JanuaryChina · 232 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 25 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.