Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Shanghai (Pudong), Volksrepubliek China

Druk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Volksrepubliek China, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Spring Festival

  15–23 febChinees nieuwjaarSluitingenBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter haze (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Spring Festival, Winter break (around Chinese New Year) in Volksrepubliek China

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Spring Festival (15–23 feb), Winter haze (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Druk — Cherry blossom, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom

  10 mrt – 10 apr · meestalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Spring Festival (15–23 feb)

Topdrukte — Cherry blossom, Qingming tomb-sweeping break

• Feestdag

  Qingming tomb-sweeping break

  4–6 aprNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cherry blossom (10 mrt – 10 apr (meestal))

Druk — May Day holiday, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  May Day holiday

  1–5 meiGolden WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Shanghai International Film Festival

  12–21 junBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Meiyu, the plum rains

  15 jun – 12 jul · meestalMoesson

  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.

Druk — Summer break in Volksrepubliek China, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Risico

  Typhoon season

  15 jul – 30 sep · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Meiyu, the plum rains (15 jun – 12 jul (meestal))

Druk — Summer break in Volksrepubliek China, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — Mid-Autumn Festival, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Mid-Autumn Festival

  25–27 sepNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Osmanthus in flower

  20 sep – 20 okt · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Typhoon season (15 jul – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week in Volksrepubliek China

• Feestdag

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Mid-Autumn Festival (25–27 sep), Osmanthus in flower (20 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Risico

  Winter haze

  15 nov – 28 feb · meestalWintersmog

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Shanghai Marathon

  6 decSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Shanghai Marathon, schoolvakanties in 5 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter haze (15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Shanghai Marathon (6 dec)