diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
index e7f0e571804d3..49afbe0c4976a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/PostgreSQLDialect.scala
@@ -19,30 +19,40 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis
 
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.Cast
-import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL.PostgreCastToBoolean
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL.{PostgreCastToBoolean, PostgreCastToDouble}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.LogicalPlan
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.rules.Rule
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, StringType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, DoubleType, StringType}
 
 object PostgreSQLDialect {
+  // The SQL configuration `spark.sql.dialect` can be changed in runtime.
+  // To make sure the configuration is effective, we have to check it during rule execution.
   val postgreSQLDialectRules: List[Rule[LogicalPlan]] =
-    CastToBoolean ::
+    if (SQLConf.get.usePostgreSQLDialect) {
+      CastToBoolean ::
+      CastToDouble ::
+        Nil
+    } else {
       Nil
+    }
 
   object CastToBoolean extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
     override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
-      // The SQL configuration `spark.sql.dialect` can be changed in runtime.
-      // To make sure the configuration is effective, we have to check it during rule execution.
-      val conf = SQLConf.get
-      if (conf.usePostgreSQLDialect) {
-        plan.transformExpressions {
-          case Cast(child, dataType, timeZoneId)
-            if child.dataType != BooleanType && dataType == BooleanType =>
-            PostgreCastToBoolean(child, timeZoneId)
-        }
-      } else {
-        plan
+      plan.transformExpressions {
+        case Cast(child, dataType, timeZoneId)
+          if child.dataType != BooleanType && dataType == BooleanType =>
+          PostgreCastToBoolean(child, timeZoneId)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  object CastToDouble extends Rule[LogicalPlan] with Logging {
+    override def apply(plan: LogicalPlan): LogicalPlan = {
+      plan.transformExpressions {
+        case Cast(child, dataType, timeZoneId)
+          if child.dataType != DoubleType && dataType == DoubleType =>
+          PostgreCastToDouble(child, timeZoneId)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
index f3b58fa3137b1..af72999db065d 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ abstract class CastBase extends UnaryExpression with TimeZoneAwareExpression wit
   }
 
   // DoubleConverter
-  private[this] def castToDouble(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
+  protected[this] def castToDouble(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
     case StringType =>
       buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
         val doubleStr = s.toString
@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@ abstract class CastBase extends UnaryExpression with TimeZoneAwareExpression wit
     }
   }
 
-  private[this] def castToDoubleCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
+  protected[this] def castToDoubleCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = {
     from match {
       case StringType =>
         val doubleStr = ctx.freshVariable("doubleStr", StringType)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToDouble.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToDouble.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c207b47a005aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/postgreSQL/PostgreCastToDouble.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.postgreSQL
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCheckResult
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.{CastBase, Expression, TimeZoneAwareExpression}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.Block._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.codegen.CodegenContext
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{BooleanType, DataType, DateType, DoubleType, NumericType, StringType, TimestampType}
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
+
+case class PostgreCastToDouble(child: Expression, timeZoneId: Option[String])
+  extends CastBase {
+
+  override protected def ansiEnabled =
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException("PostgreSQL dialect doesn't support ansi mode")
+
+  override def withTimeZone(timeZoneId: String): TimeZoneAwareExpression =
+    copy(timeZoneId = Option(timeZoneId))
+
+  override def checkInputDataTypes(): TypeCheckResult = child.dataType match {
+    case TimestampType | BooleanType | DateType =>
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure(s"cannot cast type ${child.dataType} to double")
+    case _ =>
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+  }
+
+  override def castToDouble(from: DataType): Any => Any = from match {
+    case StringType =>
+      buildCast[UTF8String](_, s => {
+        val doubleStr = s.toString
+        try doubleStr.toDouble catch {
+          case _: NumberFormatException =>
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"invalid input syntax for type double: $doubleStr")
+        }
+      })
+    case NumericType() =>
+      super.castToDouble(from)
+  }
+
+  override def castToDoubleCode(from: DataType, ctx: CodegenContext): CastFunction = from match {
+    case StringType =>
+      val doubleStr = ctx.freshVariable("doubleStr", StringType)
+      (c, evPrim, _) =>
+        code"""
+          final String $doubleStr = $c.toString();
+          try {
+            $evPrim = Double.valueOf($doubleStr);
+          } catch (java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid input syntax for type double: $c
+          }
+        """
+    case NumericType() =>
+      super.castToDoubleCode(from, ctx)
+  }
+
+  override def dataType: DataType = DoubleType
+
+  override def nullable: Boolean = child.nullable
+
+  override def toString: String = s"PostgreCastToDouble($child as ${dataType.simpleString})"
+
+  override def sql: String = s"CAST(${child.sql} AS ${dataType.sql})"
+}
+