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The holidays that crowd everything, the festivals worth coming for, what’s on and what the weather is usually like — read against your own dates.

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This month’s highlights.

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Typical weather, region by region.

Average daytime high and night low for each month. For any destination week by week, open the China map.

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CityJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Harbin-12°
-22°		-5°
-17°		4°
-7°		15°
3°		22°
11°		27°
16°		28°
19°		26°
17°		21°
10°		12°
1°		-1°
-10°		-11°
-20°
Beijing2°
-7°		7°
-3°		14°
3°		22°
10°		28°
16°		31°
20°		32°
23°		30°
22°		26°
16°		19°
9°		9°
0°		3°
-5°
Xi’an5°
-3°		10°
1°		15°
6°		22°
11°		26°
16°		31°
20°		32°
22°		30°
21°		24°
16°		19°
10°		11°
3°		6°
-2°
Shanghai8°
2°		10°
4°		15°
7°		21°
13°		25°
18°		28°
22°		33°
26°		31°
26°		28°
22°		22°
16°		17°
10°		10°
4°
Chengdu9°
3°		12°
6°		17°
10°		23°
14°		26°
18°		28°
21°		30°
23°		29°
22°		25°
19°		20°
15°		15°
10°		10°
5°
Kunming16°
3°		18°
5°		21°
8°		24°
12°		25°
15°		25°
17°		24°
17°		24°
17°		23°
15°		20°
12°		18°
7°		15°
4°
Guangzhou18°
11°		20°
13°		22°
16°		27°
20°		30°
23°		32°
25°		33°
26°		33°
26°		32°
24°		29°
20°		25°
16°		20°
12°
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