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When to go · Hangzhou

Hangzhou, month by month

The best months for Hangzhou: Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov. Months to avoid: Feb, Jul, Aug.

Month by month

  1. JanuaryMixedOutside the best window (Mar–May, Oct–Nov). Across China: Cold and smoggy in the north, ice festival in Harbin; Spring Festival travel rush can start mid-month.9 °C / 2 °C, 11 rain daysCrowds: Medium · 1 festival or holiday
  2. FebruaryAvoidOutside the best window (Mar–May, Oct–Nov). Across China: Spring Festival in most years: closures and sold-out transport for a week or more.11 °C / 4 °C, 12 rain daysCrowds: High · 1 festival or holiday
  3. MarchGreatInside Hangzhou's best window: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.16 °C / 8 °C, 15 rain daysCrowds: Medium
  4. AprilGreatInside Hangzhou's best window: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.22 °C / 13 °C, 15 rain daysCrowds: Medium
  5. MayGreatInside Hangzhou's best window: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.27 °C / 18 °C, 15 rain daysCrowds: High · 1 festival or holiday
  6. JuneMixedOutside the best window (Mar–May, Oct–Nov). Across China: Plum rain on the Yangtze, heat building; Tibet and the northwest are good.29 °C / 22 °C, 16 rain daysCrowds: Medium
  7. JulyAvoidListed as a month to avoid: Jul–Aug (hot, humid, typhoon tail risk), Chinese New Year and the May and October Golden Weeks.34 °C / 26 °C, 13 rain daysCrowds: High
  8. AugustAvoidListed as a month to avoid: Jul–Aug (hot, humid, typhoon tail risk), Chinese New Year and the May and October Golden Weeks.33 °C / 25 °C, 13 rain daysCrowds: High
  9. SeptemberGoodOutside the best window (Mar–May, Oct–Nov). Across China: Heat eases; one of the best months before National Day.29 °C / 21 °C, 12 rain daysCrowds: Medium
  10. OctoberGreatInside Hangzhou's best window: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.24 °C / 16 °C, 10 rain daysCrowds: High · 1 festival or holiday
  11. NovemberGreatInside Hangzhou's best window: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.18 °C / 10 °C, 9 rain daysCrowds: Low
  12. DecemberGoodOutside the best window (Mar–May, Oct–Nov). Across China: Cold north, pleasant south and Yunnan; Harbin ice season opens late in the month.11 °C / 4 °C, 9 rain daysCrowds: Low