Climate averages 1991–2020
Dalian weather
in October.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Dalian: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jinzhou, China (23 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, about as warm as Dalian, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 884 cities listed in China, Dalian ranks joint 681st of 884 for the warmest October highs and joint 190th of 884 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 884 cities is 20.4°C; Dalian is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jinzhou, China in OctoberChina · 23 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lüshun in OctoberChina · 32 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Pulandian in OctoberChina · 62 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Wafangdian in OctoberChina · 86 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Dengzhou, China in OctoberChina · 143 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Zhuanghe in OctoberChina · 148 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Yantai in OctoberChina · 160 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Weihai in OctoberChina · 162 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 36 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.