Qué hay en Urumqi, 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

  Clocks run on two times at once

  1 Ene – 31 Dic

  Everything official is Beijing time, two hours ahead of the sun. Offices and Han-run businesses mostly keep it; a lot of the city does not. Ask which time a departure means. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Spring Festival

  15–23 FebAño Nuevo LunarMucha genteCierresReserva pronto

  China's week-long national holiday for the Lunar New Year. In the weeks around it trains and flights sell out as people travel home, and many small shops and restaurants close for several days; book transport early. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)), The deep cold (1 Dic – 20 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: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring Festival (15–23 Feb), Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)), The deep cold (1 Dic – 20 Feb (normalmente))

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

• Temporada

  Spring dust

  15 Mar – 15 May · normalmenteTemporada de polvo

  Spring lifts the basin's dust into the wind gap the city sits in. The mountains disappear for days at a time, which matters if the Tianshan is why you came.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente))

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

En abril no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring dust (15 Mar – 15 May (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 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 ↗

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Spring dust (15 Mar – 15 May (normalmente))

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

• Temporada

  Grassland summer

  15 Jun – 31 Ago · normalmenteApertura de verano

  The short window when the Nanshan and Tianchi pastures are green and the herders' summer camps are up. It is what the whole city drives out for at weekends.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

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

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grassland summer (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

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

• Temporada

  Melon and grape season

  1 Ago – 30 Sep · normalmenteCosecha

  The bazaars fill with what the oases send in — Hami melons, Turpan grapes, figs and mulberries. Late summer is the one thing everyone in Xinjiang agrees is worth timing a trip to.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grassland summer (15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Melon and grape season (1 Ago – 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 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 ↗

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Temporada

  Ski season

  20 Nov – 20 Mar · normalmente

  The Nanshan resorts are forty minutes from the city, which is closer than any other Chinese ski area sits to a provincial capital. Cold, dry snow and short days.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic)

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

• Temporada

  The deep cold

  1 Dic – 20 Feb · normalmenteFrío extremo

  One of the most continental cities on Earth, and it shows for about three months. The Tianchi road above the city ices over and the day is short enough to plan around.

Sigue en marcha: Clocks run on two times at once (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Ski season (20 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente))