Kunming weather in April

In April, Kunming sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 69 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kunming's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kunming's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 69 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:52 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Kunming is capital of Yunnan province, China.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 29.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 183/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical April day in Kunming reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 3°C warmer than March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

Kunming weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 5°	35	5.4	1	10.6	5.1
Feb	17° / 6°	30	5.3	0.5	11.1	6.5
Mar	21° / 10°	42	6.7	0.3	11.8	7.3
Apr	24° / 13°	69	9.4	0	12.6	7.2
May	24° / 16°	139	15.1	0	13.2	6.2
Jun	24° / 17°	278	23.8	0	13.5	4.4
Jul	24° / 18°	274	26.6	0	13.4	4.1
Aug	24° / 17°	238	24.9	0	12.9	4.4
Sep	22° / 16°	165	20.3	0	12.2	4.8
Oct	20° / 13°	113	16.2	0	11.4	5.4
Nov	17° / 8°	34	6.3	0.1	10.8	6.2
Dec	15° / 5°	24	4.5	0.7	10.5	5.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	71	72	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	64	64	64	63
Cloudier (%)	29	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kunming gets around 69 mm of rain over 9.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 31% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	36
29	36
30	36

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	96	95	94	93	93
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7

Wind in April

Winds average 14 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of April to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:07 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 7:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39
Sunset (PM)	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	7:07	7:20
2	12.2	7:06	7:21
3	12.3	7:05	7:21
4	12.3	7:04	7:22
5	12.3	7:03	7:22
6	12.3	7:02	7:23
7	12.4	7:01	7:23
8	12.4	7:00	7:23
9	12.4	6:59	7:24
10	12.4	6:58	7:24
11	12.5	6:57	7:25
12	12.5	6:56	7:25
13	12.5	6:55	7:26
14	12.5	6:54	7:26
15	12.6	6:53	7:26
16	12.6	6:52	7:27
17	12.6	6:51	7:27
18	12.6	6:50	7:28
19	12.7	6:49	7:28
20	12.7	6:48	7:29
21	12.7	6:47	7:29
22	12.7	6:46	7:30
23	12.7	6:45	7:30
24	12.8	6:44	7:31
25	12.8	6:43	7:31
26	12.8	6:43	7:32
27	12.8	6:42	7:32
28	12.9	6:41	7:33
29	12.9	6:40	7:33
30	12.9	6:39	7:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.21 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 6.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kunming

In seasonPeak

In April, Kunming sits inside its pacific typhoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kunming sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Kunming's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Kunming?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Kunming for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Kunming in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Kunming sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Kunming in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kunming peaks around July 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	11	11	12	13	13	12	10	9	8	6
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Kunming in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kunming is worst in March — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Kunming's WHO annual average of 29.9 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	30	35	34	28	24	26	29	31	31	32	30
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	30	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kunming?

Kunming sits at 25.0°N, 102.7°E, 1,895 m above sea level, in China. The nearest listed city is Dali, 259 km away.

Topography around Kunming

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kunming.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kunming has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 1,899 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 665 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,814 m.

The land around Kunming is covered by artificial surfaces (88%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

56 m

artificial surfaces 88%

16 km

665 m

trees 42%

80 km

1,814 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Kunming year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Dali 259 km · Lai Châu 303 km · Lào Cai 311 km · Sapa 321 km · Lijiang 322 km · Hà Giang 337 km · Thị Trấn Phố Lu 337 km · Mường Lay 341 km

China travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 47% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $13,862; 2025
Happiness: 6.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.5; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 17.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 464
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kunming (25.0389°, 102.7183°, elevation 1,895 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	36
29	36
30	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	36
29	36
30	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	12
3	22	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	72	28
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	72	28
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	71	29
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	30
5	30
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	32
22	33
23	33
24	34
25	34
26	35
27	35
28	36
29	36
30	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	96	4
27	95	5
28	94	6
29	93	7
30	93	7