Kunming Weather in December
Kunming in December
The short of it: Kunming in December averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 15 mm (0.59 in) of rain and about 10 h 35 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 15 mm · daylight 10 h 35 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Kunming an average December high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 15 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Kunming: highs scarcely reach 16°, nights fall to 4°. Rain is scarce, about 15 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 10 h 35 min in mid-December, 18 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates December 4 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 December. Majie, 8 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Kunming, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 13 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 10 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h