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Visit Beijing in June

Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

Plan your Beijing tours in June? In recent years the weather in May has felt like summer, but the high summer season doesn’t start until June. July is the hottest month in Beijing. So June is a transit month between the early summer (later May ) to the hottest summer (late July).

The average high temperature for June in Beijing is around highest 30℃ and lowest 17℃. A short T-shirt is all right for the day, but sometime you have to bring long-sleeve clothing for cool nights.

Beijing in June is a tourist shoulder season, not so many tourists going around the city of Beijing, following the just passed tourist high season in May, and walking close to the hottest month July.

Foreign travelers are welcomed to visit Beijing in June and avoid the possible the summer vacation time in July and August. Please check the following Historical Climate Data for June in Beijing and prepare for your Beijing Trip.

Historical Climate Data for June in Beijing
This past 50-year historical weather data is quite useful for you to plan your trip to Beijing well in advance. You may use the data to decide what to wear on your coming trip to Beijing.

By the way you may also check our Beijing June Realtime Weather Photos for more information on the Beijing weather in June.

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Date	Average High	Average Low	Precipitation	Extreme High	Extreme Low

June 01	29℃	17℃	1mm	37℃(2001)	11℃(1973)
June 02	29℃	17℃	2mm	39℃(1986)	11℃(1978)
June 03	29℃	16℃	2mm	37℃(1982)	11℃(1965)
June 04	29℃	17℃	2mm	35℃(1971)	10℃(1997)
June 05	30℃	17℃	4mm	40℃(1968)	10℃(1969)
June 06	30℃	18℃	2mm	38℃(1981)	11℃(1987)
June 07	29℃	18℃	2mm	37℃(2002)	11℃(1987)
June 08	30℃	18℃	4mm	36℃(1986)	13℃(1967)
June 09	30℃	17℃	3mm	37℃(1972)	11℃(1967)
June 10	30℃	17℃	3mm	41℃(1961)	11℃(1974)
June 11	30℃	18℃	1mm	39℃(2004)	12℃(1957)
June 12	31℃	18℃	1mm	38℃(1988)	14℃(1969)
June 13	31℃	19℃	2mm	39℃(2000)	13℃(1976)
June 14	31℃	18℃	3mm	38℃(1988)	13℃(1961)
June 15	31℃	19℃	2mm	36℃(2000)	14℃(1965)
June 16	31℃	19℃	3mm	37℃(1962)	15℃(1958)
June 17	31℃	19℃	4mm	36℃(1958)	15℃(1976)
June 18	30℃	19℃	3mm	37℃(2006)	12℃(1974)
June 19	30℃	19℃	4mm	38℃(1975)	14℃(1970)
June 20	31℃	19℃	2mm	38℃(1952)	14℃(1970)
June 21	31℃	20℃	2mm	39℃(2005)	13℃(1982)
June 22	31℃	20℃	4mm	38℃(1951)	14℃(1974)
June 23	31℃	20℃	4mm	39℃(1963)	14℃(1974)
June 24	31℃	20℃	4mm	38℃(1965)	17℃(1970)
June 25	31℃	20℃	3mm	38℃(1999)	14℃(1991)
June 26	31℃	20℃	4mm	37℃(1999)	17℃(1969)
June 27	31℃	21℃	7mm	37℃(1951)	16℃(1983)
June 28	31℃	21℃	4mm	39℃(1972)	17℃(1968)
June 29	31℃	21℃	6mm	37℃(1965)	17℃(1966)
June 30	30℃	21℃	6mm	38℃(2000)	17℃(2004)

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June Events, Holidays & Festivals

The weather in May has felt like summer, but the high summer season doesn’t tart until June. July is the hottest month in Beijing. So June is a transit month between the early summer (later May ) to the hottest summer (late July).

Public Holiday
Duan Wu (Dragon Boat) Festival 端午节
Time: Varies between May – June
Also called the Dragon Boat Festival, a lunar holiday, occurring on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It is in memory of a great patriot poet named Qu Yuan of the then State of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 B.C, who drowned himself to protest his emperor who gave in to the bully State of Chin.

For fear that fish may eat his body, people of Chu launched their boats and started throwing rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river where he was drowned to feed the fish. Now in some places, the big event of dragon boat contest will be held to commemorate the special day. People today still have the bamboo-leave rice dumplings on the occasion today.

People have one paid day off for the holiday.

Annual Events and Festivals
1. Children’s Day 六一儿童节
June 01 is a big day all the kids all over the country. Almost all entertainment places such as cinemas, parks and children museums and palaces are open free to them or with discounted prices. It is also the right time for people to show their concern over the problems arising from the kids.

2. National Eye-care Day 全国爱眼日
China’s national eye-care day falls on June 6. Understanding the serious situation about blindness in the country and the gravity of raising public awareness on eye health issues, the Chinese Ministry of Health, along with 12 other Ministries, officially declared 6 June as “National Eye Day” in 1996. Each year a unique theme will be carried out to celebrate the special day to educate people to care their eyes.

3. The Chinese Population Day 中国人口日
The special day falls on 11 June annually.

4. China Children Charity Day 中国儿童慈善活动日
This special day falls on June 22. It is reported that since 2002, China Children’s Foundation has launched a series of large-scale public welfare activities to celebrate “China Children Charity Day”. China Children Charity Day is getting popular and has become a base for Chinese children and a mature public platform for the development of philanthropy in China.

5. China National Land Day 全国土地日
This special day falls on June 25. China National Land was inaugurated June 25, 1991. Since then each June 25, National Land Day will be celebrated aimed at protecting the land resources. Each year a theme is chosen to promote the protection of the land in China. China has some 130 million hectares of arable land. Available farmland in China decreases every year as more land is taken for development.

6. Beijing International Tourism Expo 北京国际旅游博览会
Time: late June
Asia’s leading annual travel and tourism event – Beijing International Tourism Expo (BITE). Beijing International Tourism Expo is one of the fastest growing in the industry, attaining a quality ranking in Asia, and becoming an important and influential platform for tourism networking and business transactions.

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Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Beijing:

Beijing Highlight Day Tour from US$59 P/P

(Tiananmen + Forbidden City + Mutianyu Great Wall)
Beijing Classic City Tour from US$65 P/P
(Tiananmen + Forbidden City + Temple of Heaven + Summer Palace)
Beijing Excursion Tour from US$59 P/P
(Mutianyu Great Wall + Ming Tomb)
Beijing Hutong Highlight Tour from US$59 P/P
( Hutong + Rickshaw)

Mutianyu Great Wall Half Day Tour from US$55 p/p
Hike from Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour from US$69 p/p

Mutianyu Great Wall Layover Tour from US$65 p/p
Beijing Highlight Layover Tour from US$75 p/p

April Events, Holidays & Festivals

April is one of the best months to tour Beijing. Actually a warm and comfortable spring in Beijing starts from early April, one month later than that in southern China. The temperature in April rises gradually with the average low at 7℃ and highest 20 ℃.

Public Holiday
Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Festival) 清明节
Qingming Festival falls on April 4 each year. For the Chinese, Qingming, first of all, a day to remember and honor one’s ancestor. People, young and old like, pray before the ancestors, sweep the bombs and offer food, tea, chopsticks, paper accessories and/or
libation to the ancestor. People have one paid day off.

Qingming is also a day to celebrate the coming of spring. People go on family outings, start the spring ploughing, sing, dance etc. Another popular thing to do is fly skies.

Annual Events and Festivals
1. World Snooker China Open 斯诺克中国公开赛（北京）
The tournament currently takes place at the Beijing University Students’ Gymnasium, Haidian District, Beijing in late March and early April. It is the last ranking event before the World Championship.

2. Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival 北京国际长跑节
Normally Beijing International Running Festival Kicks off on mid April 1 . The annual spring running meet has been a traditional sporting activity in the capital city ever since its established in 1956.

3. Yuyuantan Park Cherry Blossom Festival北京玉渊潭樱花节
Avenue: Yuyuantan Park ( not far from CCTV Tower and the China Millennium)

Time: Late March – April
Yuyuantan Park is a hectic tourist attraction from April through to early May every year due to its amazing cherry blossoms. There are around 200,000 plants including about 2000 cherry trees with approx. 20 different species. Many of the cherry trees were gifts from Japan when the two countries established diplomatic ties in the 1970s.

4. Beijing Tulip Cultural Festival 北京国际鲜花港郁金香文化节
Venue: Beijing Shunyi Fresh Flower Port
Add: Located in Shunyi District’s Yang Town, Beijing

Time: Mid-April – early May
The tulip culture festival will be held in an indoor site and an outdoor site. Over 3 million tulips with more than 70 species, such as Barcelona, Xiusemeiren and Don Quixote, and some bulbous flowers rarely seen in China such as Hyacinth, Water Hyacinth and Ranunculus Asiaticus, and some advanced techniques including soulless planting and pot growing will be displayed at the outdoor site.

5. Beijing Zhongshan Park Tulip Festival 中山公园郁金香节
Avenue: Zhongshan Park ( on the north of Tiananmen Square )

Opening Time: around mid-April
This peaceful park becomes awash with the color of tulip blossoms. It boasts over 30 varieties of tulips with over 300,000 tulips. Each year it attracts thousands of visitors.

6. Beijing International Peach Blossom Music Festival 北京国际桃花音乐节
The annual International Peach Blossom Festival is held in mid-April in Pinggu County, Beijing and last one month. Pinggu is quite popular for its peaches and peach garden. Now it is the largest peach garden throughout the world.

7. Beijing International Film Festival 北京国际电影周
The week-long film festival was established in 2011. Normally it takes place in late April annually. Beijing International Film Festival, with its elaborate ceremonies, red carpets and diverse perspectives, is an unmissable chance for movie-lovers to see the latest films from both home and abroad.

8. Beijing International Automobile Exhibition 北京国际汽车展览会
Beijing International Automotive Exhibition or Auto China is an auto show held in late April biennially in Beijing since 1990. This auto festival has now become one of three top auto shows in the world and other two are Frankfurt (Frankfurt Motor Show), New Delhi (Auto Expo) . Currently China boasts the largest and fastest growing auto market in the world.

9. Meet in Beijing Arts Festival “相约北京”艺术节
Organizing Committee Office of Meet in Beijing Arts Festival
Add: N0. 10, Chaoyangmen North Street, Beijing 100020 P.R. China

Meet in Beijing Arts Festival is a large-scale international festival hosted by Beijing Municipality Government, China’s Ministry of Culture and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. The Festival was inaugurated in 2000 and held annually.
Time: Late April

10. Miaofengshan Temple Fair 妙峰山传统民俗庙会
Venue: Miao Feng Shan, about 55km West of Beijing, is the nearest mountain in Beijing

Time: Late April and mid May
At the end of April, Miao Feng Shan Mountain with several century-old pilgrim’s trails and the Golden Summit, will hold the biggest temple fair in northern China. Temple fairs have traditionally been a time for worshiping the gods and praying for blessings, a great opportunity for some serious fun. Many kinds of traditional shows will be on display.

Beijing Weather in Each Month

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Escorted Beijing tour in Spring time
Don’t want to go the do-it-yourself tour? No worries, here are some options for guided tours to Beijing for your springtime trip.

Beijing Spring Tour

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours
If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Beijing:

Simatai Great Wall & Gubei Water Town Day Tour from US$85 p/p

Beijing Highlight Day Tour from US$59 P/P
(Tiananmen + Forbidden City + Mutianyu Great Wall)
Beijing Classic City Tour from US$65 P/P
(Tiananmen + Forbidden City + Temple of Heaven + Summer Palace)
Beijing Excursion Tour from US$59 P/P
(Mutianyu Great Wall + Ming Tomb)
Beijing Hutong Highlight Tour from US$59 P/P
( Hutong + Rickshaw)

Mutianyu Great Wall Half Day Tour from US$55 p/p
Hike from Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour from US$69 p/p

Mutianyu Great Wall Layover Tour from US$65 p/p
Beijing Highlight Layover Tour from US$75 p/p

March Events, Holidays & Festivals

In Beijing, the winter-long indoor heating will be turned off on the official date of March 15 of each year. That means a harsh and freezing weather has left us. With the passing of the dry and harsh January and February, March foresees the local weather will become warmer and wamer. But people can still feel a bit chilly in March, especially in the first half month of March.

Annual Events and Festivals
1. Lianghui 两会
Lianghui , literally “two meetings”, refers to the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. The two meetings last about one week which ends at Mid March. The Two Meetings are often regarded as the Senate, house of Representatives in China. These are the most important political meetings in Beijing China.

2. March 8 International Women’s Day 三八国际妇女节
On this special day, some attractions in Beijing offer free entrance tickets to female visitors. Some working units allow female workers half day off or with extra pay if they are too busy to have day or half day off. Some markets or shopping malls will give more discounts to female buyers to increase business.

3. Beijing Fashion Week 北京时装周
Beijing’s Fashion Week is held twice a year – Late March and Mid-November. It highlights the work of Chinese designers and their growing influence on the market.

4. China Tree Planting Day (Arbor Day) 中国植树节
March 12 is China’s Trees Planting Day. It is getting warmer in Beijing. Beijing celebrates Arbor Day with tree planting. Beijing has established over 100 reception points for urban residents to “adopt” trees or green land.

5. World Consumer Rights Day 国际消费者权益日
World Consumer Rights Day was established on 15 March 1983 to promote consumer rights around the world. On this special day, in Beijing, you will see a CC TV evening gala sponsored by the government to crack down the poor quality products and companies without trust and reputation.

6. Hand in Hand Poverty Alleviation Program 手拉手情系贫困小伙伴全国统一行动日
March 16 is the special day for Hand in Hand Poverty Alleviation Program. This event is mainly used to help children and other vulnerable groups in poverty- stricken areas. People will donate on this special day.

7. Chinese Medical Festival 中国国医节
March 17 is Chinese Medical Festival which dates back to the year 1929. On this special day, some hospitals would go on to the streets in Beijing for complementary health checks and other medical activities involved.

8. Plum Blossom Festival at Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park 北京明城墙遗址公园赏腊梅节
Plums are the early flowering trees that bloom as earlier as mid March in Beijing and end in mid April. The best place to see plum blossoms is Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park.

The park is located just south of Beijing Railway Station. The park is the only remaining city wall relics built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Beijing. The remnant city wall is about 1.5km in length, which is composed of the wall relics itself and the southeast corner tower of the former inner city in Ming and Qing Dynasties.April

Beijing Weather in Each Month

Beijing in November	Beijing in December	Beijing January
Beijing in February	Beijing in March	Beijing in April
Beijing in May	Beijing in June	Beijing in July
Beijing in August	Beijing in September	Beijing in October

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours
If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours, here are some options for guided tours to Beijing:

Beijing Highlight Day Tour from US$59 P/P

Mutianyu Great Wall Half Day Tour from US$55 p/p
Hike from Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour from US$69 p/p

Mutianyu Great Wall Layover Tour from US$65 p/p
Beijing Highlight Layover Tour from US$75 p/p

April 01	16℃	4℃	1mm	26℃(2002)	-3℃(1972)
April 02	17℃	4℃	1mm	27℃(2002)	-2℃(1957)
April 03	17℃	4℃	1mm	25℃(1968)	-1℃(1978)
April 04	18℃	5℃	0mm	27℃(1994)	-3℃(1976)
April 05	19℃	6℃	1mm	27℃(1952)	-1℃(1973)
April 06	18℃	6℃	1mm	28℃(1955)	-1℃(1965)
April 07	18℃	6℃	0mm	28℃(1982)	0℃(1972)
April 08	18℃	6℃	0mm	29℃(1952)	-2℃(1972)
April 09	18℃	6℃	1mm	28℃(2004)	-1℃(1971)
April 10	18℃	6℃	0mm	27℃(1963)	-3℃(1965)
April 11	19℃	6℃	0mm	28℃(2004)	-1℃(1966)
April 12	19℃	7℃	1mm	30℃(2000)	1℃(1968)
April 13	20℃	7℃	0mm	31℃(1956)	0℃(1953)
April 14	21℃	8℃	0mm	29℃(1956)	1℃(1980)
April 15	20℃	8℃	1mm	31℃(1965)	2℃(1953)
April 16	21℃	8℃	1mm	29℃(2001)	-1℃(1980)
April 17	21℃	8℃	0mm	32℃(1993)	1℃(1973)
April 18	21℃	9℃	1mm	31℃(1993)	4℃(1971)
April 19	21℃	9℃	1mm	30℃(2004)	2℃(1965)
April 20	21℃	9℃	2mm	29℃(1977)	3℃(1986)
April 21	22℃	9℃	1mm	30℃(1998)	1℃(1951)
April 22	22℃	10℃	1mm	30℃(1973)	1℃(1959)
April 23	22℃	10℃	1mm	29℃(1983)	2℃(1951)
April 24	22℃	9℃	1mm	30℃(1983)	3℃(1980)
April 25	22℃	9℃	2mm	31℃(1953)	3℃(1962)
April 26	22℃	10℃	1mm	32℃(1981)	1℃(1979)
April 27	22℃	9℃	1mm	33℃(1988)	2℃(1984)
April 28	23℃	10℃	1mm	31℃(1972)	4℃(1965)
April 29	23℃	11℃	1mm	31℃(1972)	4℃(1956)
April 30	24℃	11℃	1mm	32℃(1981)	5℃(1979)

March 01	7℃	-3℃	0mm	14℃(2001)	-11℃(1951)
March 02	8℃	-3℃	0mm	15℃(1986)	-11℃(1958)
March 03	8℃	-3℃	0mm	17℃(1999)	-15℃(1971)
March 04	8℃	-3℃	1mm	20℃(1986)	-12℃(1969)
March 05	9℃	-3℃	0mm	16℃(2006)	-10℃(1969)
March 06	9℃	-2℃	0mm	19℃(1995)	-10℃(1985)
March 07	9℃	-2℃	0mm	19℃(1995)	-8℃(1965)
March 08	9℃	-2℃	0mm	17℃(2002)	-9℃(1966)
March 09	9℃	-2℃	0mm	19℃(1958)	-9℃(1970)
March 10	10℃	-1℃	0mm	22℃(2008)	-8℃(1957)
March 11	10℃	-1℃	0mm	22℃(2002)	-9℃(1969)
March 12	10℃	-2℃	0mm	22℃(1962)	-12℃(1969)
March 13	11℃	0℃	0mm	18℃(1988)	-8℃(1955)
March 14	11℃	1℃	0mm	21℃(2002)	-6℃(1957)
March 15	12℃	0℃	0mm	21℃(1951)	-4℃(1954)
March 16	12℃	0℃	0mm	23℃(2006)	-5℃(1962)
March 17	13℃	1℃	0mm	22℃(1981)	-4℃(1995)
March 18	12℃	1℃	0mm	22℃(1981)	-4℃(1976)
March 19	12℃	1℃	0mm	24℃(2001)	-5℃(1976)
March 20	12℃	1℃	1mm	24℃(2001)	-5℃(1976)
March 21	12℃	1℃	1mm	22℃(2001)	-5℃(1984)
March 22	11℃	1℃	0mm	19℃(1953)	-6℃(1970)
March 23	12℃	1℃	0mm	21℃(2001)	-8℃(1970)
March 24	13℃	1℃	0mm	22℃(2001)	-9℃(1979)
March 25	14℃	1℃	0mm	24℃(2005)	-5℃(1987)
March 26	15℃	2℃	0mm	25℃(2000)	-4℃(1962)
March 27	15℃	3℃	0mm	22℃(1973)	-5℃(1958)
March 28	16℃	3℃	1mm	25℃(1997)	-6℃(1958)
March 29	16℃	4℃	1mm	24℃(1997)	-5℃(1958)
March 30	16℃	4℃	0mm	25℃(2005)	-3℃(1958)
March 31	16℃	4℃	0mm	29℃(2002)	-4℃(1978)

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