Climate averages 1991–2020
Dali Old Town weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Dali Old Town: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dali (13 km away). In February its highs average 16.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Dali Old Town, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dali Old Town ranks joint 150th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 421st of 884 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dali Old Town is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dali Old Town climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 23 | 3.8 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 19.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 27 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 97 | 10.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 163 | 19.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 22.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 230 | 26.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 22.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 242 | 26.4 | 13.013 h |
| September | 21.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 183 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 92 | 13.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 26 | 4.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 13 | 2.6 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Dali in FebruaryChina · 13 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.3°C · 23 mm rain
- Jinniu in FebruaryChina · 43 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in FebruaryChina · 47 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Micheng in FebruaryChina · 51 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in FebruaryChina · 61 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in FebruaryChina · 119 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in FebruaryChina · 131 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Lijiang in FebruaryChina · 131 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 17 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dali Old Town) is explained once on the Dali Old Town year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.