Climate averages 1991–2020
Dali weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Dali: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dali Old Town (13 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dali, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dali ranks joint 190th of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 226th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dali is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 25 | 4.5 | 10.711 h |
| February | 16.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 23 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 29 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 37 | 5.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 90 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| June | 24.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 174 | 21.7 | 13.714 h |
| July | 23.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 272 | 28.7 | 13.614 h |
| August | 23.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 275 | 26.8 | 13.013 h |
| September | 22.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 184 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 20.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 97 | 15.7 | 11.612 h |
| November | 17.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 26 | 4.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 14.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 13 | 2.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Dali Old Town in AprilChina · 13 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in AprilChina · 38 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Micheng in AprilChina · 39 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Jinniu in AprilChina · 44 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in AprilChina · 51 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in AprilChina · 118 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in AprilChina · 138 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 197 mm rain
- Lijiang in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 45 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) is explained once on the Dali year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.