The climate in Lijiang Prefecture belongs to monsoon climate region because of its low latitudes and high elevation. And the climate is clearly different in the four seasons of the year. What’s more, the climate changes in correspondence with the sea level and topography. That is to say, there is plenty of rainfall in the southeast and southwest due to its windward side while there is little rain in the lee side, such as the Jinshajiang River Valley. This area has a mixture of subtropics, the middle temperate zone and the highland climate. Here the annual average temperature is from 12.6℃ to 19.9℃, the duration of sunshine is about from 2321 to 2554 hours a year, and the annual rainfall is from 910 to 1040 millimeter. Here it has clear division between dry seasons and humid seasons. Here it is warm in winter and cool in summer. Here the temperature varies greatly between day and night at about above 10 degree centigrade while the annual difference in climate varies little. And here you can feel clear seasons but different climate in the range of ten li on the same mountain.