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