Kunming weather in August

In August, Kunming sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 238 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kunming's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kunming's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
17°
10th coldest
Rainfall
238 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:47 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
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.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kunming reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Kunming weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 355.4110.65.1
Feb17° / 305.30.511.16.5
Mar21° / 10°426.70.311.87.3
Apr24° / 13°699.4012.67.2
May24° / 16°13915.1013.26.2
Jun24° / 17°27823.8013.54.4
Jul24° / 18°27426.6013.44.1
Aug24° / 17°23824.9012.94.4
Sep22° / 16°16520.3012.24.8
Oct20° / 13°11316.2011.45.4
Nov17° / 346.30.110.86.2
Dec15° / 244.50.710.55.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21585
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kunming gets around 238 mm of rain over 24.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2777
2877
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3076
3176

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1116821
2116821
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4115831
5115831
6116821
7116821
8116821
9117811
10217801
11218791
12219781
13220771
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16324721
17326701
18427690
19428680
20430660
21431650
22432640
23434620
24534610
25535600
26536590
27537580
28637570
29638560
30738550
31738550

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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128calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 7:51 PM to 7:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:407:51
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313.16:417:49
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513.16:427:48
613.16:427:47
713.16:437:47
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1213.06:457:43
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1412.96:467:41
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1812.86:487:38
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2112.86:497:35
2212.76:497:34
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3012.66:537:26
3112.56:537:25

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.89 kWh/m².

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 — August's 4.89 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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144.9Bright
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kunming

In seasonPeak

In August, Kunming sits inside its pacific typhoon and monsoon 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 August a good time to visit Kunming?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kunming for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kunming in August

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

In August, Kunming sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kunming in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 12UV 13Dec 21UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Kunming in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August 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.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2235 µg/m³Jun 1824 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar35Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec30Moderate
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.

SapaHà GiangThị Trấn Phố LuMường Lay

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
16 km
665 m
80 km
1,814 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August 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
unaffiliated 52%folk religion 22%Buddhist 18%Christian 5%

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).