Climate averages 1991–2020
Dali weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Dali: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dali Old Town (13 km away). In December its highs average 14.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dali, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dali ranks joint 149th of 884 for the warmest December highs and joint 332nd of 884 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 884 cities is 7.5°C; Dali is 7.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dali Old Town in DecemberChina · 13 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in DecemberChina · 38 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Micheng in DecemberChina · 39 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Jinniu in DecemberChina · 44 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in DecemberChina · 51 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.3°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in DecemberChina · 118 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in DecemberChina · 138 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Lijiang in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 10 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.