When China
comes alive.
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.
- Official holidays and make-up workdays
- Our reading of crowds, seasons and timing
- What’s on published sessions from the venue or seller
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This month’s highlights.
Typical weather, region by region.
Average daytime high and night low for each month. For any destination week by week, open the China map.
Typical weather by region →
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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° |
| Beijing | 2° -7° | 7° -3° | 14° 3° | 22° 10° | 28° 16° | 31° 20° | 32° 23° | 30° 22° | 26° 16° | 19° 9° | 9° 0° | 3° -5° |
| Xi’an | 5° -3° | 10° 1° | 15° 6° | 22° 11° | 26° 16° | 31° 20° | 32° 22° | 30° 21° | 24° 16° | 19° 10° | 11° 3° | 6° -2° |
| Shanghai | 8° 2° | 10° 4° | 15° 7° | 21° 13° | 25° 18° | 28° 22° | 33° 26° | 31° 26° | 28° 22° | 22° 16° | 17° 10° | 10° 4° |
| Chengdu | 9° 3° | 12° 6° | 17° 10° | 23° 14° | 26° 18° | 28° 21° | 30° 23° | 29° 22° | 25° 19° | 20° 15° | 15° 10° | 10° 5° |
| Kunming | 16° 3° | 18° 5° | 21° 8° | 24° 12° | 25° 15° | 25° 17° | 24° 17° | 24° 17° | 23° 15° | 20° 12° | 18° 7° | 15° 4° |
| Guangzhou | 18° 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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