Climate averages 1991–2020
Dalian weather
in February.
A cold month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Dalian: daytime highs average 1.6°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhou, China (23 km away). In February its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Dalian, with 11 mm of precipitation.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dalian ranks joint 744th of 884 for the warmest February highs and joint 210th of 884 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 884 cities is 9.0°C; Dalian is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 5.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 10 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Jinzhou, China in FebruaryChina · 23 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Lüshun in FebruaryChina · 32 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Pulandian in FebruaryChina · 62 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -6.0°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Wafangdian in FebruaryChina · 86 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.9°C · 9.6 mm precipitation
- Dengzhou, China in FebruaryChina · 143 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in FebruaryChina · 148 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Yantai in FebruaryChina · 160 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Weihai in FebruaryChina · 162 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.9°C · 19 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.