Kunming Weather in August
Kunming in August
The short of it: Kunming in August averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 175 mm (6.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 17° · rain 175 mm · daylight 13 h 0 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Kunming an average August high of 25°, a low of 17° and some 175 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 17°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 175 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 0 min in mid-August, 33 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Kunming runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Majie, 8 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Kunming, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h