Climate
Tempered by the low latitude and high elevation, Dali has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. Frost may occur in winter but the days still generally warm up to 15 °C (59 °F) or more. During summer, a majority of the days features some rainfall, and daytime temperatures rise to 24 °C (75 °F). A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to October.
| Climate data for Dali (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.8 (37.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 20.4 (0.803) |
28.1 (1.106) |
41.6 (1.638) |
24.8 (0.976) |
61.9 (2.437) |
164.5 (6.476) |
185.6 (7.307) |
209.1 (8.232) |
167.6 (6.598) |
96.2 (3.787) |
40.7 (1.602) |
10.8 (0.425) |
1,051.3 (41.39) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.0 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 17.7 | 12.8 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 136.1 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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