Dali climate

Name: Dali
Address: CN

Dali is warmest in May, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.6 °C. July is the wettest month (267 mm) and December the driest (14 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dali averages 1,249 mm of rain, 47 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

China · population 235,305 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 24 °C
Coldest month January 4.6 °C
Driest month December 14 mm
Wettest month July 267 mm
Least cloud January 28 % cloud
Hottest on record May 32 °C
Coldest on record January -0.7 °C

What to expectDali through the year

Dali has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 24 °C in May, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 47 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 267 mm against 14 mm in December — 19 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	14.5 °C	28 mm	28 %
February	16.8 °C	25 mm	29 %
March	20.2 °C	32 mm	33 %
April	23.0 °C	38 mm	42 %
May	24.4 °C	93 mm	58 %
June	24.3 °C	176 mm	86 %
July	23.2 °C	267 mm	93 %
August	23.3 °C	266 mm	88 %
September	22.3 °C	183 mm	82 %
October	20.2 °C	101 mm	62 %
November	17.2 °C	26 mm	41 %
December	14.8 °C	14 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	14.5 °C	4.6 °C	9.2 °C	21.0 °C	-0.7 °C	0	0
February	16.8 °C	5.7 °C	11.0 °C	23.8 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0
March	20.2 °C	8.3 °C	14.1 °C	27.1 °C	0.6 °C	1	0
April	23.0 °C	11.3 °C	16.9 °C	30.2 °C	4.1 °C	7	0
May	24.4 °C	14.3 °C	19.0 °C	31.6 °C	9.4 °C	14	1
June	24.3 °C	16.9 °C	20.1 °C	31.3 °C	12.9 °C	11	1
July	23.2 °C	17.1 °C	19.6 °C	29.0 °C	13.9 °C	6	0
August	23.3 °C	16.7 °C	19.5 °C	28.2 °C	13.2 °C	6	0
September	22.3 °C	15.7 °C	18.5 °C	26.7 °C	9.6 °C	1	0
October	20.2 °C	13.2 °C	16.3 °C	24.9 °C	4.0 °C	0	0
November	17.2 °C	9.0 °C	12.8 °C	21.6 °C	2.9 °C	0	0
December	14.8 °C	5.9 °C	10.0 °C	19.4 °C	-0.6 °C	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	5	11 h/day	28 %	67 %	13 km/h
February	25 mm	5	11 h/day	29 %	62 %	15 km/h
March	32 mm	6	12 h/day	33 %	59 %	17 km/h
April	38 mm	6	13 h/day	42 %	61 %	16 km/h
May	93 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	68 %	13 km/h
June	176 mm	21	14 h/day	86 %	81 %	10 km/h
July	267 mm	28	14 h/day	93 %	87 %	7.9 km/h
August	266 mm	26	13 h/day	88 %	87 %	6.8 km/h
September	183 mm	24	12 h/day	82 %	86 %	7.3 km/h
October	101 mm	16	12 h/day	62 %	82 %	8.6 km/h
November	26 mm	4	11 h/day	41 %	75 %	10 km/h
December	14 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	71 %	11 km/h

How Dali compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Dali	24 °C	4.6 °C	1,249 mm	47
Baoshan · China	24 °C	4.3 °C	1,432 mm	57
Lushui · China	30 °C	9.5 °C	2,590 mm	253
Lijiang · China	23 °C	-0.3 °C	1,514 mm	15
Chuxiong · China	26 °C	5.2 °C	1,036 mm	96
Jianshui · China	24 °C	4.5 °C	1,888 mm	45
Panzhihua · China	31 °C	8.2 °C	1,632 mm	215

Where Dali ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in July	18thof 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia in April	24thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Asia in August	24thof 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Asia year-round	25thof 50	79/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	48thof 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Dali.

QuestionsCommon questions about Dali’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dali?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Dali get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 4.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Dali?

July, averaging 267 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is December with 14 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,249 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Dali rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.