Best time to fly a kite in Dalian

Based on archive 3 years of daily weather data, the best month for kite flying in Dalian is March (kite score 100/100 — YES). Here's the full month-by-month breakdown.

Monthly averages
MonthWindGustsRainTempGood daysScoreVerdict
January8.8 mph19.2 mph0.2 mm-2°C1295YES
February9.6 mph21.0 mph0.2 mm-0°C1397YES
March8.7 mph19.3 mph0.6 mm5°C15100YES
April8.7 mph19.4 mph1.3 mm12°C15100YES
May9.0 mph19.7 mph3.2 mm16°C1570EH…
June7.6 mph17.6 mph2.1 mm22°C1185YES
July7.5 mph17.2 mph8.6 mm25°C770EH…
August6.7 mph14.9 mph5.6 mm26°C465EH…
September6.9 mph15.0 mph1.6 mm22°C685YES
October8.0 mph16.8 mph1.5 mm15°C9100YES
November9.2 mph19.6 mph0.8 mm8°C14100YES
December9.1 mph19.7 mph0.4 mm0°C1397YES

"Good days" = days with wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph and less than 2 mm rain. Scores mirror the live forecast weighting (wind 45%, gusts 25%, rain 20%, temp 10%).

Why March is the pick

In March the average wind in Dalian is 8.7 mph with gusts to 19.3 mph, average daily rain is 0.6 mm and the average temperature is 5°C. Roughly 15 days in the month fall in the ideal kite window (wind 8–25 mph, gusts under 31 mph, dry).

How this score works

The monthly kite score reuses the same scoring as the live forecast for Dalian: wind is 45% of the score, gusts 25%, rain 20% and temperature 10%. 80+ is a YES month, 50–79 is EH…, under 50 is a NOPE.

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