Geography and Climate
Qujing is located in the east of Yunnan province, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) east of Kunming, the provincial capital. Like much of the central and eastern parts of the province, it is part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Qujing has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to around 15 °C (59 °F). During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall, and daytime temperatures rise to 25 °C (77 °F). A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October.
| Climate data for Qujing (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.1 (70) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
20.0 (68) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.1 (52) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.0 (50) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 19.2 (0.756) |
17.9 (0.705) |
21.8 (0.858) |
35.0 (1.378) |
120.6 (4.748) |
182.8 (7.197) |
180.5 (7.106) |
161.1 (6.343) |
109.0 (4.291) |
83.2 (3.276) |
42.7 (1.681) |
12.0 (0.472) |
985.8 (38.811) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 14.2 | 18.0 | 17.8 | 17.7 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 137.9 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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