Kunming, also known as Spring City, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, megacity and central city in central Yunnan Province, one of the important central cities in western China approved by the State Council, and an important tourist and commercial city in China. As of 202 1, the whole city has 7 districts and 3 counties, 3 county-level cities and 3 autonomous counties, with a total area of 265438+.
Kunming is located in the southwest of China, in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, east longitude10210'-10340', north latitude 24 23'-26 22', at the intersection of the North-South International Corridor and the third east-west Eurasian Continental Bridge starting from Shenzhen, which is China's gateway to Southeast Asia.
Climatic characteristics
Kunming belongs to the mountain monsoon climate of subtropical plateau with low latitude in north latitude. Affected by the warm and humid airflow in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, the sunshine is long and the frost period is short. The annual average temperature is 65438 05℃, the annual sunshine is about 2200 hours, and the frost-free period is more than 240 days. The climate is mild, with no heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, and the climate is pleasant all year round, with annual precipitation of 1035mm, typical.
The urban temperature is between 0℃ and 29℃, and the annual temperature difference is the smallest in China and rare in the world. Flowers bloom all year round, and plants are evergreen all year round. It is a famous spring city and flower city. The annual temperature difference in Kunming is small, with the annual average temperature in the urban area around 15℃, the monthly average temperature in the hottest time around 19℃, and the monthly average temperature in the coldest time around 8℃.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Kunming