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

Tranquilo — los viajeros lo describen como tranquilo, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) en República Popular China

• Festival

  Spring Festival flower markets

  10–17 FebAño Nuevo LunarMucha gente

  Eleven street markets across the districts sell peach branches, kumquats and narcissus in the last days before the new year, trading until the small hours of new year's eve. Walking the flower street is the local ritual, not the shopping. Fuente ↗

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

• Temporada

  Hui Nan Tian, the damp return

  15 Feb – 10 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de nieblaRiesgo

  Warm sea air meeting surfaces still cold from winter puts a film of water on floors, walls and mirrors for days at a time. Laundry will not dry, marble lobbies turn slippery and hotels run dehumidifiers. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival flower markets (10–17 Feb)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Feb – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Qingming grave-sweeping holiday, Canton Fair, spring session

• Festivo

  Qingming grave-sweeping holiday

  3–7 Abr · normalmenteFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  Three days off in early April with the whole delta on the road to the ancestral villages. The Baiyun cemeteries queue from dawn and intercity trains out of Guangzhou sell out a fortnight ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, spring session

  15 Abr – 5 MayGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Three five-day phases of the world's largest trade fair, and the reason a hotel room in Guangzhou can cost four times its usual rate in late April. Book beds and taxis well before, or come in a different month. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Hui Nan Tian, the damp return (15 Feb – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Canton Fair, spring session, May Day holiday

• Festivo

  May Day holiday

  1–5 MaySemana DoradaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second national travel week of the year, five days from 1 May. Train and flight tickets go the moment sales open, hotel rates jump, and the main sights take domestic crowds all week. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Lychee season

  20 May – 20 Jul · normalmenteCosecha

  The Pearl River delta is the lychee heartland and the fruit is sold by the branch on every corner from late May, cheapest at the end of June when the main varieties come in together.

• Festival

  Dragon boat month

  25 May – 25 Jun · normalmenteEvento deportivo

  The delta villages dig their long boats out of the creek mud in early summer and spend weeks visiting each other before the race day itself. Liede, Shawan and the tributaries are where it happens, not the tourist waterfront. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Canton Fair, spring session (15 Abr – 5 May)

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

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Lychee season (20 May – 20 Jul (normalmente)), Dragon boat month (25 May – 25 Jun (normalmente))

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

• Riesgo

  Typhoon season

  1 Jul – 30 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  A typhoon signal eight closes offices, schools and the ferries to Hong Kong for the day, and September is the month it is most likely. It rarely takes more than a day out of a trip. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Lychee season (20 May – 20 Jul (normalmente))

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: Typhoon season (1 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Mid-Autumn Festival, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25 SepLuces y fuegoMucha genteReserva pronto

  The Cantonese call it the Mooncake Festival and mean it: boxes stacked in every bakery for a fortnight, then lanterns in the parks on the night of the full moon. It is a mainland public holiday, so trains and rooms tighten around it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (1 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — National Day Golden Week, Canton Fair, autumn session

• Festivo

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  Seven days off nationally from 1 October and the biggest travel surge of the Chinese year. Trains and flights sell out weeks ahead, hotel rates rise sharply, and the best-known sights run at their visitor caps. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Canton Fair, autumn session

  15 Oct – 4 NovGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The second session runs the same three phases across three weeks, and does the same thing to room rates. It overlaps the best weather of the year, which is exactly the problem. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mid-Autumn Festival (25 Sep)

Máxima afluencia — Canton Fair, autumn session, International Light Festival

• Festival

  International Light Festival

  10–30 Nov · normalmenteLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Eleven days of installations along the new axis at Huacheng Square and Haixinsha. Free, but the island venues run on timed entry booked through a mini-programme days ahead, and the nearby metro exits queue after dark. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Canton Fair, autumn session (15 Oct – 4 Nov)

Concurrido — Guangzhou Marathon, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Guangzhou Marathon

  20 DicEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Thirty thousand runners along the Pearl River on a Sunday in December, which closes the riverside roads and both bridges near Canton Tower for the morning. Fuente ↗