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Best time to visit Chongqing
China · East Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Chongqing
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- JanJChongqing in January: ok
- FebFChongqing in February: ok, busy
- MarMChongqing in March: sweet spot
- AprAChongqing in April: sweet spot
- MayMChongqing in May: sweet spot
- JunJChongqing in June: sweet spot
- JulJChongqing in July: avoid
- AugAChongqing in August: avoid
- SepSChongqing in September: ok, busy
- OctOChongqing in October: ok, busy
- NovNChongqing in November: ok, busy
- DecDChongqing in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Chongqing
- Raffles City Chongqing Completed in 2019, this suite of eight buildings also known as Laifushi is one of…
- Hongyadong Near Jiefangbei, a recreation of the old Chongqing…
- Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street The center of downtown Chongqing.
- Chongqing Art Museum Features works by both local and international artists.
- Luohan Temple A Buddhist temple dating from the Song Dynasty, which used to be known as Zhiping Temple…
- Ciqikou Meaning "Porcelain Port" as porcelain has long been made & transported from here…
- Huangguan Escalator Claimed to be the second longest single escalator in Asia…
Tours and tickets in Chongqing
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Chongqing), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11° | 6d | 80% | 3.5h | ok | 11C max, 6 rainy days |
| Feb | 14° | 5d | 76% | 4.3h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 19° | 12d | 78% | 5.3h | sweet spot | 19C max, 12 rainy days |
| Apr | 24° | 14d | 79% | 6.6h | sweet spot | 24C max, 14 rainy days |
| May | 26° | 13d | 79% | 6.9h | sweet spot | 26C max, 13 rainy days |
| Jun | 29° | 11d | 82% | 6.9h | sweet spot | 29C max, 11 rainy days |
| Jul | 33° | 10d | 76% | 9.1h | avoid | 33C max, 10 rainy days |
| Aug | 34° | 7d | 69% | 9.9h | avoid | extreme heat: 14 days over 35C |
| Sep | 29° | 10d | 77% | 6.8h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 22° | 13d | 82% | 4.1h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Nov | 17° | 9d | 82% | 3.8h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 12° | 5d | 81% | 3.0h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Jiefangbei, the centre, 19 km from the airport (CKG): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Chongqing's August days now average 34.3°C, 2.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 10.9° | 12.0° | 16.5° | 21.5° | 26.1° | 28.2° | 31.0° | 31.6° | 26.4° | 21.0° | 16.6° | 11.9° |
| 2017–26 | 11.5° | 14.1° | 18.9° | 23.5° | 26.4° | 28.6° | 33.0° | 34.3° | 29.0° | 22.1° | 17.4° | 12.1° |
| Change | +0.6° | +2.1° | +2.3° | +2.0° | +0.3° | +0.4° | +1.9° | +2.7° | +2.6° | +1.1° | +0.8° | +0.2° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Chongqing is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Hong Kong
- from Taipei
- from Bangkok
- from Kolkata
- from Seoul
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Manila
- from Delhi
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Chongqing, flying or not.
Before you go
Type A and C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Renminbi. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for China: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Most payments are made by phone with Alipay or WeChat Pay: link a Visa, Mastercard or other foreign card to either app, then scan the shop's QR code. Many hotels and larger shops take foreign cards, but many places do not, so carry some yuan in case the apps fail you.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not expected in most restaurants and hotels, or in taxis; bars and cafeterias in hotels, and some other restaurants and bars, may add a 10-15% service charge.
Getting around Chongqing
- Apps — Rides: DiDi, Amap. Maps: Amap, Baidu Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WeChat. Google and WhatsApp are blocked in mainland China, as are Facebook, YouTube and X; WeChat, Alipay and DiDi all work in English.
The metro and bus systems are advised as the best forms of transportation and are very cheap and efficient. Chongqing is a very hilly city, so be prepared to climb lots of stairs when walking around. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Chongqing, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance 120 · fire 119. Traffic police are on 122.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Chongqing in pictures
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王桁霽, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jan Kranendonk (https://www.jankranendonk.nl), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Maple Doctor, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Chongqing is like
Chongqing (重庆; Chóngqìng, formerly spelled Chungking) is fast becoming the most economically important city in the interior West China, with an urban population of around 8.8 million. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Chongqing has the largest population in West China and is the focus of China's "Go West" development strategy. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Huangguan Escalator (皇冠大扶梯) (next to Chongqing Railway Station & Lianglukou Metro Station). More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (CKG IATA) (about 21 km northeast of Chongqing in Lianglu Town, Yubei District). It is served by international flights from Asia, Middle East, Europe, Oceania and North America. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Chongqing, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Chongqing
Also in China
- Beijing best Apr, May, Jun
- Chengdu best Apr, May, Jun
- Nanjing best Mar, Apr, May
- Shanghai best Apr, May, Nov
- Xi'an best Mar, May, Jun
Nearby
- Hanoi Vietnam · 951 km
- Macau Macau · 1,075 km
- Hong Kong Hong Kong · 1,090 km
- Da Nang Vietnam · 1,512 km
Kind of place
Chongqing is in China, East Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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