Qué hay en Shanghái, 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 LunarCierresReserva pronto

  The one week the city is quiet: migrant workers go home, small restaurants and shops shut for days, and the Bund belongs to visiting families. Museums and malls stay open, the neighbourhood noodle place does not. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter haze (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

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

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival (15–23 Feb), Winter haze (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente))

Concurrido — Cherry blossom, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Cherry blossom

  10 Mar – 10 Abr · normalmenteMucha gente

  Gucun Park in the north holds the city's largest cherry planting and runs a month-long festival with late gate hours at peak. Century Park and the Bund gardens do it on a smaller scale without the queue. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Spring Festival (15–23 Feb)

Máxima afluencia — Cherry blossom, Qingming tomb-sweeping break

• Festivo

  Qingming tomb-sweeping break

  4–6 AbrFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  A three-day national break in the first week of April: the cemeteries on the edge of the city are packed, the high-speed trains sell out and the gardens take a domestic crowd. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cherry blossom (10 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente))

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

• Festivo

  May Day holiday

  1–5 MaySemana DoradaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The other national travel week, and in a good-weather month it is worse than October in the centre. The Bund, Yu Garden and the Disney park run at capacity and hotel rates double. Fuente ↗

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

• Festival

  Shanghai International Film Festival

  12–21 JunReserva pronto

  Ten days of screenings across cinemas all over the city in the middle of June, with tickets released in one online rush a week ahead and the good ones gone in minutes. Fuente ↗

• Temporada

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  15 Jun – 12 Jul · normalmenteMonzón

  The stationary rain front parks over the delta for about three weeks from mid-June: grey, close and wet rather than stormy, and the one stretch of the year when laundry does not dry indoors.

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

• Riesgo

  Typhoon season

  15 Jul – 30 Sep · normalmenteCierres

  A system tracking up the coast suspends the metro's above-ground lines and the Pudong flights for a day, usually with two days of warning. Late August and September are when it is most likely. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Meiyu, the plum rains (15 Jun – 12 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 (15 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

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

• Festivo

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25–27 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  Mooncakes from every bakery and a short national break that some years runs straight into the October holiday, making one very long one. Family travel books out the trains either side of it. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Osmanthus in flower

  20 Sep – 20 Oct · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  For a fortnight the older streets and every park smell of osmanthus, and the bakeries and tea houses put it into everything. Guilin Park in Xuhui is planted for it. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Typhoon season (15 Jul – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week en República Popular China

• Festivo

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 OctMucha genteReserva pronto

  Seven days off nationally, and the Bund, the Yu Garden and Nanjing Road take the whole country at once. Trains and flights sell out a month ahead and hotel rates roughly double. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Mid-Autumn Festival (25–27 Sep), Osmanthus in flower (20 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Winter haze

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · normalmenteEsmog invernal

  Still, cold weeks trap particulates over the delta and the skyline goes flat grey for days until a front clears it. Better than it was a decade ago, and still the worst air of the Shanghai year. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Shanghai Marathon

  6 DicEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Thirty-eight thousand runners from the Bund out to Xujiahui on a Sunday morning, which closes Zhongshan Road and a string of central junctions until early afternoon. Fuente ↗

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

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter haze (15 Nov – 28 Feb (normalmente)), Shanghai Marathon (6 Dic)