Weekly note

China in May

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

May is a sweet spot at every one of these 6 places: Beijing, Xi'an, Nanjing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Chongqing.

Ranked for May

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Beijing sweet spot 28° 3d 28C max, 3 rainy days
2 Xi'an sweet spot 28° 5d 28C max, 5 rainy days
3 Nanjing sweet spot 27° 6d 27C max, 6 rainy days
4 Chengdu sweet spot 27° 7d 27C max, 7 rainy days
5 Shanghai sweet spot 26° 8d 26C max, 8 rainy days
6 Chongqing sweet spot 26° 13d 26C max, 13 rainy days

Other months for China

May 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.