Qué hay en Chongqing, 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

• Festivo

  Spring Festival

  15–23 FebAño Nuevo LunarCierresMucha genteReserva pronto

  The city empties as workers go home, half the hotpot rooms shut for a week, then it fills again with returning families and their relatives. Seats in and out are the hardest of the year to get in either direction. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Fog season (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente))

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

• Naturaleza

  Rapeseed fields in flower

  20 Feb – 5 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The terraces in the counties outside the city turn yellow for a few weeks before the mist sets in for good, and it is the one time of year the hill country photographs well from a road. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival (15–23 Feb), Fog season (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Three Gorges cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Three Gorges cruise season

  15 Mar – 15 Nov · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  Chongqing is the upstream end of the Three Gorges boats and the season runs spring to late autumn. The reservoir sits low through the flood months and high in autumn, which changes what the gorges look like. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival (15–23 Feb), Rapeseed fields in flower (20 Feb – 5 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Three Gorges cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rapeseed fields in flower (20 Feb – 5 Abr (normalmente)), Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Three Gorges cruise season, Labour Day holiday

• Festivo

  Labour Day holiday

  1–5 MayFiesta nacionalMucha gente

  Hongya Dong and the Liziba monorail station draw domestic crowds all year and unmanageable ones over the May break; the queue for the cable car runs to hours. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Three Gorges cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Yangtze flood season

  15 Jun – 5 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  The summer rains upstream push the Yangtze and Jialing up their banks most years, and in a bad one the lower levels of Hongya Dong and the riverside walks go under for a week. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break en República Popular China

• Riesgo

  Furnace summer

  1 Jul – 31 Ago · normalmenteCalor extremo

  One of the country's furnace cities: the mountains around the basin hold the heat in and it barely lets go after dark. Afternoons move underground into the metro, the malls and the cave restaurants. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Yangtze flood season (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Three Gorges cruise season, Summer break en República Popular China

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Yangtze flood season (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente)), Furnace summer (1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Three Gorges cruise season, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Yangtze flood season (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Three Gorges cruise season

• Festivo

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  Seven days off and the whole country moving. Hongyadong and the Yangtze cable car queue for hours, the Three Gorges boats sell out weeks ahead, and hotel prices roughly double. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Fog season

  15 Oct – 28 Feb · normalmente

  The basin traps low cloud against the two rivers for months and the towers across the Jialing disappear for days at a time. It is why the place is called the fog capital, and why the night views are a gamble.

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Three Gorges cruise season

• Naturaleza

  Wushan red leaves

  10 Nov – 10 Dic · normalmenteColores de otoño

  The slopes above the Wu Gorge downriver turn red through late November and the county runs a festival around it, with extra boats from the city. It is the stretch of the Three Gorges that repays the deck time. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Three Gorges cruise season (15 Mar – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Fog season (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Fog season (15 Oct – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Wushan red leaves (10 Nov – 10 Dic (normalmente))