As a cosmopolitan capital for business and leisure, Beijing is busy all year round. Coming from different corners of the world, people have their own favorite time or seasons to plan Beijing Tours, speeding the flow of visitors and keeping the prices relatively high.
The Best Time to Visit Beijing
Most foreign visitors prefer spring and autumn to visit Beijing due to the comfortable weather as well as the summer months because of school holiday. But the sparadic sandstorm in spring has kept people on alert when they plan their spring trip to Beijing. The winter time is not as bad as most people think, a good time to save money and see less visitors, thus advoiding tourist crowds.
•High season: April, May, Sept and October
•Shoulder season: March, June, July and August
•High season: April, May, Sept and October
•Shoulder season: March, June, July and August
•Lower season: Nov. 15 till Feb 28 next year
Beijing Weather
If not putting the weather into a consideration, then there is no good or bad time to tour Beijing as major attractions in Beijing are open all year round. Winter time lasts four months from Nov. 15 till next year March 15. Yes, it is very cold in winter, especially if there is a strong northwest wind. But if no wind, then the feeling temperature will be much higher. Beijing’s spring is very short with a duration on more than one month! Sometime, you don’t really feel there is a spring time in Beijing. The dreary sandstorm makes peole have a low expectation from the spring time in Beijing. Beijing’s Summer time falls on July and August, also a rainy season in Beijing, wet and humid. You will expect a long queue and wait at the most of the attractions in Beijing mainly due to the large number of domestic toursist because of school vacations. Autumn is unanimously regarded as the best season to visit Beijing with sunny and azure sky and mild weather.
Crowd Information
Beijing gets very crowded and busy during school vacations and public holidays in Beijing. You are kindly advised to skip over the Official Chinese Holidays when you plan your Beijing Tours. Please jot down the following public holidays:
Beijing gets very crowded and busy during school vacations and public holidays in Beijing. You are kindly advised to skip over the Official Chinese Holidays when you plan your Beijing Tours. Please jot down the following public holidays:
New Year’Day ( 1st Jan, three-day holiday )
Chinese New Year ( later Jan and early Feb )
Tomb Sweeping Day ( Early April, 3-day holiday )
Mid-Autumn festival ( Aug-Sept, 3-day holiday )
May Day ( 1st May, three-day holiday)
National Day (1st Oct, week-long holiday)
Tomb Sweeping Day ( Early April, 3-day holiday )
Mid-Autumn festival ( Aug-Sept, 3-day holiday )
May Day ( 1st May, three-day holiday)
National Day (1st Oct, week-long holiday)
Closure Information
The Beijing Attractions in Beijing are open all year round, but most of the musuems in Beijing are close on Mondays.
The Beijing Attractions in Beijing are open all year round, but most of the musuems in Beijing are close on Mondays.
The Beijing Attractions mostly stop selling tickets after 4:30pm though you can keep on visiting till 6 or 9 pm if you have bought the entrance tickets before 4:30pm. All the sections of Great Wall are open in winter though you may have no access to hiking the Wall if there is a heavy snow blocking your road to the Great Wall. At the time of writing, Simatai Great Wall is still closed and its opening remain unkown.
Winter time to Save
If you are going to cope with cold weather, you can enjoy and lower-priced hotel rooms, special deals from Dec 01 till next year feb 28. During that time of year, it’s also worth trying to negotiate a discount directly from your hotel. In Beijing, hotels offer kower rated on weekends to lure tourists, who may go to the suburbs for weekend vacations. The department store sales take place during the first later December for the Christmas and new year as well as the time before Chinese lunar new year when very substantial bargains can be found, particularly on clothes and consumer electronics.
If you are going to cope with cold weather, you can enjoy and lower-priced hotel rooms, special deals from Dec 01 till next year feb 28. During that time of year, it’s also worth trying to negotiate a discount directly from your hotel. In Beijing, hotels offer kower rated on weekends to lure tourists, who may go to the suburbs for weekend vacations. The department store sales take place during the first later December for the Christmas and new year as well as the time before Chinese lunar new year when very substantial bargains can be found, particularly on clothes and consumer electronics.
