Travel Guide

China Weather

China spans roughly 50 degrees of latitude, so "the weather" depends entirely on where — and when — you go. Use these guides to time your trip.

China spans roughly 50 degrees of latitude, so "the weather" depends entirely on where — and when — you go. Use these guides to time your trip.

For most of the country, spring and autumn are the sweet spot. Here is a month-by-month and region-by-region breakdown.

Two holiday periods turn the country into the world’s largest movement of people. Here is how to dodge them — and the other rough patches.

Beijing, Xi’an and beyond: four sharply different seasons, dry cold winters, hot summers and those famous spring dust storms.