Dali Weather in May
Dali in May
The short of it: Dali in May averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 59 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 13 h 23 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 14° · rain 59 mm · daylight 13 h 23 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: March & November
Thirty years of records give Dali an average May high of 25°, a low of 14° and some 59 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 25°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 59 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 23 min in mid-May, 39 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are March and November.
Against its neighbours, Dali runs about middling and drier than most in May. Fengyi, 10 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Dali, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 2° warmer, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 23 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FengyiYunnan | 10 km E | 26° | 14° | 58 mm |
| Dali Old TownYunnan | 13 km NNW | 24° | 13° | 61 mm |
| Haidong ZhenYunnan | 15 km NNE | 25° | 13° | 57 mm |
| YongjianYunnan | 18 km S | 27° | 15° | 60 mm |
| Yinqiao ZhenYunnan | 21 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| Wanqiao ZhenYunnan | 24 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 60 mm |
| MiaojieYunnan | 31 km SSE | 27° | 15° | 62 mm |
| XiangchengYunnan | 38 km ESE | 27° | 14° | 60 mm |