Qué hay en Pekín, República Popular China, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  Real-name timed tickets

  1 Ene – 31 DicReserva pronto

  The Palace Museum, the Summer Palace and the ticketed Great Wall sections all sell capped time slots against a passport number, released about a week ahead and gone in minutes around the holidays. The Palace Museum also shuts on Mondays. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Spring Festival travel rush

  2 Feb – 14 MarAño Nuevo LunarMucha genteCierres

  Forty days around the lunar new year and the largest annual movement of people anywhere. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead and the city itself goes quiet. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Heating season (15 Nov – 15 Mar), Winter smog days (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Skating on Houhai (20 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Spring Festival travel rush, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) en República Popular China

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring Festival travel rush (2 Feb – 14 Mar), Heating season (15 Nov – 15 Mar), Winter smog days (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Skating on Houhai (20 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Spring Festival travel rush, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Sandstorm season

  1 Mar – 15 May · normalmenteTemporada de polvo

  Dust off the Mongolian plateau reaches the city several times each spring, turning the sky yellow and pushing the air readings off the usual scale for a day or two. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Spring blossom

  25 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteFlor de cerezo

  Cherry at Yuyuantan and crab apple in the temple courtyards for about three weeks, in the short window between the sandstorms and the heat.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring Festival travel rush (2 Feb – 14 Mar), Heating season (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sandstorm season (1 Mar – 15 May (normalmente)), Spring blossom (25 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Labour Day holiday, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Labour Day holiday

  1–5 MayFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The year's second mass-travel week after Spring Festival: domestic tourists fill the Wall, the Forbidden City sells out its cap for days, and train tickets go the hour they release. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Sandstorm season (1 Mar – 15 May (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Summer break en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Summer rains

  1 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteMonzónRiesgo

  Most of the year's rain falls in these two months, in heavy short storms that flood underpasses and clear the air for a day afterwards.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Summer break en República Popular China, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Summer rains (1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus mejores meses por clima

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Máxima afluencia — National Day Golden Week, Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Festivo

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  The whole country travels for a week from 1 October. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City and every train seat are spoken for, and the autumn light is genuinely good. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Fragrant Hills red leaves

  15 Oct – 10 Nov · normalmenteColores de otoñoMucha gente

  The smoke trees on the hills west of the city turn from around the third week of October; weekend visitor numbers are published and the park caps entry.

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Concurrido — Fragrant Hills red leaves

• Norma

  Heating season

  15 Nov – 15 MarRiesgo

  Central heating is switched on across the city on 15 November and off on 15 March by regulation. Flats are warm; the air outside is at its worst of the year. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Winter smog days

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmente

  The heating season and a still, cold high can pin a grey lid over the city for days; it is far better than it was a decade ago, but the bad spells still come in runs of three or four days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Fragrant Hills red leaves (15 Oct – 10 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Skating on Houhai

  20 Dic – 15 Feb · normalmenteTemporada de hielo

  Once the lake ice is thick enough the city opens rinks on Houhai and Shichahai, with hired chair-sledges and no pretence of elegance. It is the one winter thing Beijingers actually queue for. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Real-name timed tickets (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Heating season (15 Nov – 15 Mar), Winter smog days (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))