Climate averages 1991–2020
Pu'er weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pu'er: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ning’er (29 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Pu'er, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Pu'er ranks joint 133rd of 884 for the warmest May highs and joint 629th of 884 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 884 cities is 25.2°C; Pu'er is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 255 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ning’er in MayChina · 29 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Yunjinghong in MayChina · 88 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Menglang in MayChina · 112 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Lincang in MayChina · 151 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 137 mm rain
- Jianshui in MayChina · 167 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 176 mm rain
- Kēng Tung in MayMyanmar · 168 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 125 mm rain
- Möng Yang in MayMyanmar · 170 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Gejiu in MayChina · 232 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 113 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.