North of the Forbidden City are further treasures: the Lama Temple, the most significant Tibetan Buddhist temple outside of Tibet; Summer Palace, a Chinese garden extravaganza of bridges, orchards, pavilions and pagodas arranged around Lake Kunming; and, 60km from the city, the nation´s greatest attraction, the Great Wall of China.
History aside, leave plenty of time to tuck into the city´s other attractions: shopping galore, a profusion of cuisine from all over
| Avg. temp. |
Sunshine daily avg. |
Rainfall | Humidity | |
| Jan | 0 | 6.6 | 4 | 101 |
| Feb | 3.8 | 7 | 5 | 48 |
| Mar | 11.1 | 7.6 | 8 | 44 |
| Apr | 20.3 | 8 | 17 | 44 |
| May | 26.4 | 8.5 | 35 | 44 |
| Jun | 31.5 | 8.7 | 78 | 47 |
| Jul | 31.5 | 7.1 | 243 | 58 |
| Aug | 29.6 | 7.2 | 141 | 61 |
| Sep | 26 | 7.6 | 58 | 56 |
| Oct | 18.7 | 7.9 | 16 | 48 |
| Nov | 8.3 | 6.4 | 11 | 54 |
| Dec | 1.4 | 6.2 | 3 | 54 |
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