Kunming Weather in May
Kunming in May
The short of it: Kunming in May averages a high of 26 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 21 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 26° · low 15° · rain 81 mm · daylight 13 h 21 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & April
Thirty years of records give Kunming an average May high of 26°, a low of 15° and some 81 mm of rain. The height of summer in Kunming, with afternoons near 26°. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 21 min in mid-May, 38 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and April.
Against its neighbours, Kunming runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Majie, 8 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Kunming, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 1° warmer, 46 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h