Weekly note

China in October

6 of the 6 destinations in China are in season in October: 0 a sweet spot, 2 good, 4 ok.

None of these has October as a sweet spot; the 2 labelled good are the best of the month: Beijing and Xi'an.

Ranked for October

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Beijing goodbusy 18° 4d busier than usual
2 Xi'an good 19° 8d 19C max, 8 rainy days
3 Shanghai okbusy 23° 5d busier than usual
4 Nanjing okbusy 22° 7d busier than usual
5 Chengdu okbusy 21° 10d busier than usual
6 Chongqing okbusy 22° 13d busier than usual

Other months for China

October 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.