About Chengdu

The Best Time for Traveling to Chengdu

The best time for traveling to Chengdu is from March to June and from September to November.

Surrounded by high mountains on its four sides, Chengdu has both a subtropical monsoon climate and a typical basin climate. Spring comes quite early in Chengdu. The flowers usually blossom around the Spring Festival as it gets warmer. Since Chengdu is situated in the basin area, it’s stifling hot in summer, cool and comfortable in autumn and warm in winter. Its annual average temperature is around 16-18℃ with most of the rainfalls in July and August. It rarely rains in spring and winter. Its temperature seldom drops down lower than 5℃ in winter. As fog is dominant and wind is rare, Chengdu has short duration of sunshine all the year round.

Though Chengdu welcomes its hottest months in July and August, its nearby Qingcheng Mountain, Xiling Snow Mountain, Jiu Longgou, Jiufeng Mountain, Tiantai Mountain and Longchi Forest Park are the most ideal summer resorts. In winter, the Longchi Forest Park and Xiling Snow Mountain exposes you to perfect opportunities for appreciating the snow view. You can rarely bump into such opportunities in any other southern province.