Dayi County

Dayi County (Chinese: 大邑县; pinyin: Dàyì Xiàn) is a county of the City of Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan, China. It is Chengdu City's westernmost division, bordering the prefecture-level divisions of Ya'an to the south and the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the north.

Dayi County 大邑县
County
Location of Dayi County in Sichuan
Dayi Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°35′17″N 103°32′10″E[1]
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Sub-provincial city	Chengdu
County seat	Jinyuan Subdistrict
Area
• Total	1,548 km2 (598 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	515,962
• Density	378/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	6113XX
Chengdu district map	Subdivisions of Chengdu, Sichuan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Core districts 1 Jinjiang 2 Qingyang 3 Jinniu 4 Wuhou 5 Chenghua Suburbs 6 Longquanyi 7 Qingbaijiang 8 Xindu 9 Wenjiang 11 Shuangliu 12 Pidu 15 Xinjin Satellite cities 16 Dujiangyan 17 Pengzhou 18 Qionglai 19 Chongzhou 20 Jianyang Rural 10 Jintang Co. 13 Dayi Co. 14 Pujiang Co.

The Jianchuan Museum Cluster is located in the town of Anren, Dayi County, about one hour's drive from the provincial capital Chengdu. It consists of 15 museums which showcase China's largest private collection of artifacts amassed during the last 60–70 years.

Administrative divisions

Dayi County administers threw subdistricts and eight towns:^[3]

Subdistricts

• Jinyuan 晋原街道
• Shaqu 沙渠街道
• Qingxia 青霞街道

Towns

• Wangsi 王泗镇
• Xinchang 新场镇
• Yuelai 悦来镇
• Anren 安仁镇
• Chujiang 䢺江镇
• Huashuiwan 花水湾镇
• Xiling 西岭镇
• Heming 鹤鸣镇

Climate

Climate data for Dayi, elevation 545 m (1,788 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	17.9 (64.2)	22.9 (73.2)	31.2 (88.2)	32.2 (90.0)	35.1 (95.2)	36.2 (97.2)	36.6 (97.9)	37.7 (99.9)	35.3 (95.5)	29.5 (85.1)	26.0 (78.8)	18.7 (65.7)	37.7 (99.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.3 (48.7)	12.2 (54.0)	16.9 (62.4)	22.6 (72.7)	26.6 (79.9)	28.5 (83.3)	30.3 (86.5)	30.1 (86.2)	26.0 (78.8)	21.1 (70.0)	16.3 (61.3)	10.9 (51.6)	20.9 (69.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	8.3 (46.9)	12.1 (53.8)	17.2 (63.0)	21.4 (70.5)	24.0 (75.2)	25.7 (78.3)	25.3 (77.5)	21.9 (71.4)	17.5 (63.5)	12.8 (55.0)	7.5 (45.5)	16.6 (61.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.2 (37.8)	5.5 (41.9)	8.6 (47.5)	13.2 (55.8)	17.5 (63.5)	20.6 (69.1)	22.4 (72.3)	21.9 (71.4)	19.3 (66.7)	15.3 (59.5)	10.4 (50.7)	5.0 (41.0)	13.6 (56.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−4.5 (23.9)	−3.7 (25.3)	−2.1 (28.2)	4.1 (39.4)	6.5 (43.7)	14.2 (57.6)	16.3 (61.3)	16.4 (61.5)	12.3 (54.1)	3.1 (37.6)	0.5 (32.9)	−5.1 (22.8)	−5.1 (22.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	10.5 (0.41)	14.6 (0.57)	31.8 (1.25)	57.1 (2.25)	84.7 (3.33)	111.2 (4.38)	246.0 (9.69)	278.6 (10.97)	137.3 (5.41)	57.2 (2.25)	21.9 (0.86)	9.5 (0.37)	1,060.4 (41.74)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	9.1	10.0	13.0	14.6	14.8	16.8	16.1	15.8	17.5	16.4	9.8	7.9	161.8
Average snowy days	1.1	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1.7
Average relative humidity (%)	82	80	79	78	74	79	83	83	84	85	83	83	81
Mean monthly sunshine hours	46.2	51.6	76.9	105.4	106.9	100.8	121.0	125.4	60.4	49.2	51.8	50.9	946.5
Percentage possible sunshine	14	16	21	27	25	24	28	31	16	14	17	16	21
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]