Climate averages 1991–2020
Dali Old Town weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Dali Old Town: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dali (13 km away). In March its highs average 20.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Dali Old Town, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dali Old Town ranks joint 146th of 884 for the warmest March highs and joint 358th of 884 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 884 cities is 14.4°C; Dali Old Town is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 16.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dali in MarchChina · 13 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 8.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Jinniu in MarchChina · 43 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in MarchChina · 47 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Micheng in MarchChina · 51 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in MarchChina · 61 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 8.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in MarchChina · 119 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 9.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in MarchChina · 131 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 173 mm rain
- Lijiang in MarchChina · 131 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 29 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.