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Dalian in August

good · a good time to go · the warmest month of the year, the wettest month of the year

The year in Dalian

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  1. Dalian in January: avoid
  2. Dalian in February: avoid
  3. Dalian in March: ok
  4. Dalian in April: sweet spot
  5. Dalian in May: good, busy
  6. Dalian in June: sweet spot
  7. Dalian in July: sweet spot
  8. Dalian in August: good
  9. Dalian in September: good
  10. Dalian in October: good
  11. Dalian in November: good
  12. Dalian in December: avoid
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  • Busy
August at Dalian is 28°C by day and 23°C at night, with 8 rainy days and about 10 hours of sun a day. 28C max, 8 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high28°C
Nightly low23°C
Feels like, afternoon32°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more8 · 168 mm
Humidity82%
Sunshine9.5 h/day
Daylight13.7 h/day
Days over 35°C0
Beach and sea22 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 26 °C, warm good
Crowds100 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Zhongshan Square, the centre, 9 km from the airport (DLC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: quiet. No month stands out as busy; quietest in August.

Dalian in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 28°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 8 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 10 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 82%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type A and C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Renminbi. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for China: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Dalian: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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