Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dali
Dali climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Mar–Apr · Nov
Annual mean15°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,092 mm125 wet days a year
25.58° N, 100.21° EElevation 1,977 mUTC+8 · China Standard Time
When to goDali · weather score
Best timeMar–Apr · Nov
October: high / low20° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dali has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 24° and nights 13°. December is the coolest month, with highs of 14° and lows of 5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 1,092 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (204 mm, 24 wet days) and December the driest (12 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 65% in July.
Compared with Beijing, the capital, Dali is 4.1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · May
- Coldest nights
- 3° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- December
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 43 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 33 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 14° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 14° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 27 mm | 36 mm | 26 mm | 94 mm | 153 mm | 204 mm | 221 mm | 163 mm | 104 mm | 30 mm | 12 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 17.7 | 24.2 | 23.6 | 19.8 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 1.6 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 13% | 16% | 21% | 31% | 55% | 65% | 59% | 50% | 33% | 22% | 16% |
| Daylight | 10h 42 | 11h 18 | 11h 59 | 12h 45 | 13h 23 | 13h 43 | 13h 35 | 13h 03 | 12h 20 | 11h 35 | 10h 55 | 10h 33 |
| Month score | 75 | 86 | 92 | 87 | 76 | 57 | 52 | 55 | 59 | 71 | 87 | 77 |
ivMonth by month
Dali in every month
January75
14° / 3°
22 mm · 2.8 wet days
February86
16° / 4°
27 mm · 2.5 wet days
March92
20° / 7°
36 mm · 3.2 wet days
April87
23° / 10°
26 mm · 5.5 wet days
May76
24° / 13°
94 mm · 9.9 wet days
June57
24° / 16°
153 mm · 17.7 wet days
July52
23° / 17°
204 mm · 24.2 wet days
August55
23° / 16°
221 mm · 23.6 wet days
September59
22° / 15°
163 mm · 19.8 wet days
October71
20° / 12°
104 mm · 11.8 wet days
November87
17° / 8°
30 mm · 2.4 wet days
December77
14° / 5°
12 mm · 1.6 wet days