Climate averages 1991–2020
Dalian weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Dalian: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhou, China (23 km away). In April its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Dalian, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dalian ranks joint 861st of 884 for the warmest April highs and joint 205th of 884 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 884 cities is 20.6°C; Dalian is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Dalian climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 15 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 6.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 80 | 6.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 140 | 8.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 51 | 5.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 28 | 4.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.0°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 12 | 3.2 | 9.59 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Jinzhou, China in AprilChina · 23 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Lüshun in AprilChina · 32 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Pulandian in AprilChina · 62 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Wafangdian in AprilChina · 86 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in AprilChina · 143 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in AprilChina · 148 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 5.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Yantai in AprilChina · 160 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Weihai in AprilChina · 162 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 43 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 Dalian) is explained once on the Dalian year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.