Best time of year to travel to Beijing and Shanghai?
Julesong
March 03, 2008 at 08:29 AM posted in General DiscussionOver the weekend I went to my mom's house and we watched their video from her last trip to China. They went in March, and everything looked dreary, windy, cold, and brown.
I want to go during a warmer time, for sure. *wry smile* I know that June is a really rainy month for Shanghai, yes? But at the same time, I don't want oppressive heat (anything under 90F is fine for me).
Looking through my Beijing/Shanghai book, it appears that perhaps a good time is mid-September or early October? We'll be there in 2009, so we have a bitof time to plan ahead...
Your advice is very much appreciated!
Julesong
March 03, 2008 at 06:54 PM
Joachim - living in the US, we still use fahrenheit. I'm simply not accustomed to thinking in centigrade. :) I know, I know... backward.
Joachim
March 03, 2008 at 05:10 PM
Any time is fine for me to go to Shanghai or China in general ;-)
Travel around the Chinese New Year can get quite annoying.
Btw: Why do you use imperial measures (Fahrenheit)? You're definitely much too young for still using those!
bazza
March 03, 2008 at 10:52 AM
I went to Shanghai in October and weather we just about right, although a touch on the warm side some days.
henning
March 03, 2008 at 09:17 AM
Jule,
I have arrived in Beiing yesterday and the weather is perfectly sunny. Even clear.
But in general you hit it: Best time to travel to Beijin is endded September & October.
Summer: Too humid & hot
Winter: Too cold
Spring: Too sand-stormy
urbandweller
March 03, 2008 at 08:48 PMhey julesong, check out the elementary lesson on Weather & Seasons! Jenny and Ken analyze some good dialogue about the weather in China!!