Both belong to the subtropical monsoon climate, the annual precipitation is above 800, the coldest month average temperature is above 0 degrees, the climate is different, Shanghai is a little colder in the winter time, while Lishui by the Hengduan mountain range block, the winter time is warmer

Natural resources, Yunnan is a large province of non-ferrous metal resources, while Shanghai is relatively lack of natural resources, the need for a large number of imports