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Plan your Dalian Tour? Dalian, which has gained the name “Hong Kong of...
Plan your Dalian Tour? Dalian, which has gained the name “Hong Kong of Northern China”, is a young city located at the tip of China's Liaodong Peninsular. Dalian is a very popular destination among Chinese tourists and foreign visitors.
The four seasons of Dalian are distinct with neither extremely cold weather in winter nor extremely hot weather in summer.
When planning a trip to Dalian, one of the frequently asked questions is “When is the best time to visit Dalian?” The best time for traveling Dalian is from May to September in each year when the weather is comfortable.
If not putting the weather into a consideration, then there is no good or bad time to tour Dalian. Every season has its own feature. Check out below to have some information on each season:
Spring in Dalian begins in Early March. Springtime is also a nice season to visit Dalian although it's a little more prone to rain. Spring in Dalian is a season of recovery. The flowers and trees are in blossom.

Summer in Dalian is not that hot. The number of day that highest temperature surpasses 30℃ is only 12 or so. For tourists who like eating seafood, July and August are not the good time. because the sea is closed at this time.
But for tourists who like jumping into the Xinghai Bay Beach or Golden Pebble Beach to have a bath, enjoying the cool overwhelming, it's just in time. Unfortunately, since Dalian is a port city, it is sometimes plagued by monsoon in summer.

Autumn is the best season to visit Dalian. The seawater is cool and the crowds are faded in September of Dalian, but the beauty of Dalian doesn't gone together with the weather and crowds.
Fall is the best time to have seafood. The International Fashion Festival is held in the fall.

Winter in Dalian can be very cold and wet, but not nearly as bad as those seen in nearby cities further inland such as in Shenyang.

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