According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit China is April to May and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for China
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Asia
What China is best for
Explore Beijing's Forbidden City and Great Wall, iconic imperial parks, and world-renowned regional cuisines.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in China by month
Monthly averages around Beijing; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −5 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| February | about −2 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| March | about 5 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| April best | about 13 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| May best | about 20 °C | some rain (36 mm) |
| June | about 25 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| July | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| August | about 25 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| September best | about 20 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| October best | about 12 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| November | about 3 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| December | about −4 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about China
- Capital
- Beijing
- Language
- Chinese
- Currency
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Time
- UTC+8
- Plugs
- Type A, C, I · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +86
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about China
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