Dali City Climate

Its low latitude tempered by its high elevation, Dali has a mild subtropical highland climate with short, mild, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. In winter, there is much less rainfall than in summer. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is Cwb. The temperature here averages 15.6 °C. The rainfall here averages 1024 mm. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to 16 °C (61 °F) or more. During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall and daytime temperatures rise to 25 °C (77 °F). A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October. December 2013 was particularly marked for its high snowfall.

CLIMOGRAPH DALI

Climograph, Dali

The driest month is December, with 14 mm of rain. Most precipitation falls in August, with an average of 213 mm.

TEMPERATURE GRAPH DALI

Temperature graph, Dali

July is the warmest month of the year. The temperature in July averages 20.6 °C. In January, the average temperature is 9.0 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year.

DALI CLIMATE TABLE // HISTORICAL WEATHER DATA

Avg. Temperature (°C)

Jan

9

Feb

10.6

Mar

13.3

Apr

16.2

May

19

June

20.5

July

20.6

Aug

20.2

Sep

18.9

Oct

16.4

Nov

12.5

Dec

9.6

Min. Temperature (°C) 2.4 4.1 6.7 9.7 13 16.2 16.8 16 14.5 11.5 6.5 3.1
Max. Temperature (°C) 15.7 17.1 20 22.7 25.1 24.9 24.5 24.5 23.4 21.3 18.5 16.1
Avg. Temperature (°F) 48.2 51.1 55.9 61.2 66.2 68.9 69.1 68.4 66.0 61.5 54.5 49.3
Min. Temperature (°F) 36.3 39.4 44.1 49.5 55.4 61.2 62.2 60.8 58.1 52.7 43.7 37.6
Max. Temperature (°F) 60.3 62.8 68.0 72.9 77.2 76.8 76.1 76.1 74.1 70.3 65.3 61.0
Precipitation / Rainfall (mm) 15 24 29 24 64 170 179 213 150 109 33 14

There is a difference of 199 mm of precipitation between the driest and wettest months. The average temperatures vary during the year by 11.6 °C.