Hva som skjer i Shanghai (Pudong), China gjennom året

Travelt — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Spring Festival

  15.–23. febKinesisk nyttårStengningerBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Winter haze (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Spring Festival (15.–23. feb), Winter haze (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis))

Travelt — Cherry blossom, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Natur

  Cherry blossom

  10. mar – 10. apr · vanligvisMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Spring Festival (15.–23. feb)

Toppsesong — Cherry blossom, Qingming tomb-sweeping break

• Helligdag

  Qingming tomb-sweeping break

  4.–6. aprNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cherry blossom (10. mar – 10. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — May Day holiday, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  May Day holiday

  1.–5. maiGolden WeekMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Rolig — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

• Festival

  Shanghai International Film Festival

  12.–21. junBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

• Sesong

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  15. jun – 12. jul · vanligvisMonsun

  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.

Travelt — Summer break i China, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Fare

  Typhoon season

  15. jul – 30. sep · vanligvisStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Meiyu, the plum rains (15. jun – 12. jul (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer break i China, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (15. jul – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — Mid-Autumn Festival, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25.–27. sepNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Osmanthus in flower

  20. sep – 20. okt · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Typhoon season (15. jul – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helligdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1.–7. oktMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mid-Autumn Festival (25.–27. sep), Osmanthus in flower (20. sep – 20. okt (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

• Fare

  Winter haze

  15. nov – 28. feb · vanligvisVintersmog

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Shanghai Marathon

  6. desSportsarrangementMye folkStengninger

  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. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Shanghai Marathon, skoleferie i 5 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i desember.

Fortsatt på gang: Winter haze (15. nov – 28. feb (vanligvis)), Shanghai Marathon (6. des)