Weekly note

China in January

4 of the 6 destinations in China are in season in January: 0 a sweet spot, 0 good, 4 ok.

None of these has January as a sweet spot or good; 4 are ok: Chengdu, Shanghai, Chongqing and Nanjing. Best avoided at 2 of them.

Ranked for January

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Chengdu ok 11° cool 2d 11C max, 2 rainy days
2 Shanghai ok 10° cool 6d 10C max, 6 rainy days
3 Chongqing ok 11° cool 6d 11C max, 6 rainy days
4 Nanjing ok 8° cool 6d 8C max, 6 rainy days

Not this January

Other months for China

January elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about China as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.