Climate averages 1991–2020
Dali weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dali: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dali Old Town (13 km away). In October its highs average 19.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dali, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dali ranks joint 548th of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 785th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dali is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dali Old Town in OctoberChina · 13 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Xiangcheng in OctoberChina · 38 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Micheng in OctoberChina · 39 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Jinniu in OctoberChina · 44 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 68 mm rain
- Yunnanyi in OctoberChina · 51 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Baoshan (Yunnan), China in OctoberChina · 118 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Lushui (approximate) in OctoberChina · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Lijiang in OctoberChina · 143 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 10.1°C · 113 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.