Geography
It is located between the border of Myanmar and the Lancang river (Mekong). The Nujiang (Salween River) flows through the entire length of the prefecture, north to south.
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Baoshan 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 16 to 17 °C (61 to 63 °F), with a January average of 8.5 °C (47.3 °F). The warmest month is June, which averages 21.2 °C (70.2 °F). Nearly three-fourths of the annual rainfall occurs from June to October.
| Climate data for Baoshan (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.0 (77) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.1 (43) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.8 (64) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
10.8 (51.5) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 15.7 (0.618) |
28.4 (1.118) |
38.2 (1.504) |
45.0 (1.772) |
69.9 (2.752) |
138.4 (5.449) |
157.4 (6.197) |
172.6 (6.795) |
147.5 (5.807) |
111.4 (4.386) |
51.1 (2.012) |
12.6 (0.496) |
988.2 (38.906) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 18.0 | 21.3 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 144.0 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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