Dalian
Elevation 29 m38.90° N, 121.60° E
When to go?
Mean −3 °C, 2 rain days in the month (8 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −6 °C
Mean −1 °C, 2 rain days in the month (9 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −4 °C
Mean 5 °C, 2 rain days in the month (14 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 11 °C, 5 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 16 °C, 6 rain days in the month (52 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 6 rain days in the month (76 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 9 rain days in the month (153 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 25 °C, 9 rain days in the month (147 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 25 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 27 °C
Mean 21 °C, 5 rain days in the month (58 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 23 °C
Mean 15 °C, 5 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 7 °C, 4 rain days in the month (28 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 0 °C, 3 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −3 °C
The best months are May–July, September–October. Ideal for the sea: July–September. Avoid December–February (freezing), August (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Bohai Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Bohai Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Bohai Sea (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.6 °C. Warmest year: 2025 (+2.0 °C), coldest: 1969 (−1.3 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.6 °C), December the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 11 °C) begins 6 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −4 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.9 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990