当在任何成员方法之外定义某个成员变量时，该变量可以是静态的，也可以是非静态的，具体取决于该变量的表达方式。

CLASSNAME.var是静态变量INSTANCENAME.var不是静态变量。类内部的self.var不是静态变量。未定义类成员函数内的var。

例如：

#!/usr/bin/python

class A:
    var=1

    def printvar(self):
        print "self.var is %d" % self.var
        print "A.var is %d" % A.var


    a = A()
    a.var = 2
    a.printvar()

    A.var = 3
    a.printvar()

结果是

self.var is 2
A.var is 1
self.var is 2
A.var is 3

关于这个答案，对于常量静态变量，可以使用描述符。下面是一个示例：

class ConstantAttribute(object):
    '''You can initialize my value but not change it.'''
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value

    def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
        return self.value

    def __set__(self, obj, val):
        pass


class Demo(object):
    x = ConstantAttribute(10)


class SubDemo(Demo):
    x = 10


demo = Demo()
subdemo = SubDemo()
# should not change
demo.x = 100
# should change
subdemo.x = 100
print "small demo", demo.x
print "small subdemo", subdemo.x
print "big demo", Demo.x
print "big subdemo", SubDemo.x

导致。。。

small demo 10
small subdemo 100
big demo 10
big subdemo 10

如果您不喜欢忽略设置值（上面的传递），您总是可以引发异常。如果您正在寻找C++、Java风格的静态类变量：

class StaticAttribute(object):
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value

    def __get__(self, obj, type=None):
        return self.value

    def __set__(self, obj, val):
        self.value = val

请查看此答案和HOWTO官方文件，以了解有关描述符的更多信息。

python中的静态方法称为classmethods。查看以下代码

class MyClass:

    def myInstanceMethod(self):
        print 'output from an instance method'

    @classmethod
    def myStaticMethod(cls):
        print 'output from a static method'

>>> MyClass.myInstanceMethod()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unbound method myInstanceMethod() must be called [...]

>>> MyClass.myStaticMethod()
output from a static method

注意，当我们调用方法myInstanceMethod时，会得到一个错误。这是因为它要求在此类的实例上调用该方法。方法myStaticMethod使用decorator@classmethod设置为类方法。

为了好玩，我们可以通过传入类的实例来调用类上的myInstanceMethod，如下所示：

>>> MyClass.myInstanceMethod(MyClass())
output from an instance method

是的，绝对可以在python中编写静态变量和方法。

静态变量：在类级别声明的变量称为静态变量，可以使用类名直接访问。

    >>> class A:
        ...my_var = "shagun"

    >>> print(A.my_var)
        shagun

实例变量：类的实例相关和访问的变量是实例变量。

   >>> a = A()
   >>> a.my_var = "pruthi"
   >>> print(A.my_var,a.my_var)
       shagun pruthi

静态方法：与变量类似，可以使用类名直接访问静态方法。无需创建实例。

但请记住，静态方法不能在python中调用非静态方法。

    >>> class A:
   ...     @staticmethod
   ...     def my_static_method():
   ...             print("Yippey!!")
   ... 
   >>> A.my_static_method()
   Yippey!!

关于静态财产和实例财产，需要注意一件特殊的事情，如下例所示：

class my_cls:
  my_prop = 0

#static property
print my_cls.my_prop  #--> 0

#assign value to static property
my_cls.my_prop = 1 
print my_cls.my_prop  #--> 1

#access static property thru' instance
my_inst = my_cls()
print my_inst.my_prop #--> 1

#instance property is different from static property 
#after being assigned a value
my_inst.my_prop = 2
print my_cls.my_prop  #--> 1
print my_inst.my_prop #--> 2

这意味着在将值分配给实例属性之前，如果我们试图通过“实例”访问属性，则使用静态值。python类中声明的每个属性在内存中总是有一个静态槽。

可以使用静态类变量，但可能不值得这样做。

这里有一个用Python 3编写的概念证明——如果任何确切的细节都是错误的，那么可以对代码进行调整，以匹配静态变量所指的任何内容：

class Static:
    def __init__(self, value, doc=None):
        self.deleted = False
        self.value = value
        self.__doc__ = doc
    def __get__(self, inst, cls=None):
        if self.deleted:
            raise AttributeError('Attribute not set')
        return self.value
    def __set__(self, inst, value):
        self.deleted = False
        self.value = value
    def __delete__(self, inst):
        self.deleted = True

class StaticType(type):
    def __delattr__(cls, name):
        obj = cls.__dict__.get(name)
        if isinstance(obj, Static):
            obj.__delete__(name)
        else:
            super(StaticType, cls).__delattr__(name)
    def __getattribute__(cls, *args):
        obj = super(StaticType, cls).__getattribute__(*args)
        if isinstance(obj, Static):
            obj = obj.__get__(cls, cls.__class__)
        return obj
    def __setattr__(cls, name, val):
        # check if object already exists
        obj = cls.__dict__.get(name)
        if isinstance(obj, Static):
            obj.__set__(name, val)
        else:
            super(StaticType, cls).__setattr__(name, val)

使用中：

class MyStatic(metaclass=StaticType):
    """
    Testing static vars
    """
    a = Static(9)
    b = Static(12)
    c = 3

class YourStatic(MyStatic):
    d = Static('woo hoo')
    e = Static('doo wop')

以及一些测试：

ms1 = MyStatic()
ms2 = MyStatic()
ms3 = MyStatic()
assert ms1.a == ms2.a == ms3.a == MyStatic.a
assert ms1.b == ms2.b == ms3.b == MyStatic.b
assert ms1.c == ms2.c == ms3.c == MyStatic.c
ms1.a = 77
assert ms1.a == ms2.a == ms3.a == MyStatic.a
ms2.b = 99
assert ms1.b == ms2.b == ms3.b == MyStatic.b
MyStatic.a = 101
assert ms1.a == ms2.a == ms3.a == MyStatic.a
MyStatic.b = 139
assert ms1.b == ms2.b == ms3.b == MyStatic.b
del MyStatic.b
for inst in (ms1, ms2, ms3):
    try:
        getattr(inst, 'b')
    except AttributeError:
        pass
    else:
        print('AttributeError not raised on %r' % attr)
ms1.c = 13
ms2.c = 17
ms3.c = 19
assert ms1.c == 13
assert ms2.c == 17
assert ms3.c == 19
MyStatic.c = 43
assert ms1.c == 13
assert ms2.c == 17
assert ms3.c == 19

ys1 = YourStatic()
ys2 = YourStatic()
ys3 = YourStatic()
MyStatic.b = 'burgler'
assert ys1.a == ys2.a == ys3.a == YourStatic.a == MyStatic.a
assert ys1.b == ys2.b == ys3.b == YourStatic.b == MyStatic.b
assert ys1.d == ys2.d == ys3.d == YourStatic.d
assert ys1.e == ys2.e == ys3.e == YourStatic.e
ys1.a = 'blah'
assert ys1.a == ys2.a == ys3.a == YourStatic.a == MyStatic.a
ys2.b = 'kelp'
assert ys1.b == ys2.b == ys3.b == YourStatic.b == MyStatic.b
ys1.d = 'fee'
assert ys1.d == ys2.d == ys3.d == YourStatic.d
ys2.e = 'fie'
assert ys1.e == ys2.e == ys3.e == YourStatic.e
MyStatic.a = 'aargh'
assert ys1.a == ys2.a == ys3.a == YourStatic.a == MyStatic.a