På gång i Ürümqi (Xinjiang), China under året

Mycket folk — Winter break (around Chinese New Year) i China, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  Clocks run on two times at once

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Spring Festival

  15–23 febKinesiskt nyårTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ski season (20 nov – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), The deep cold (1 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring Festival (15–23 feb), Ski season (20 nov – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), The deep cold (1 dec – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Spring dust

  15 mar – 15 maj · vanligtvisDammsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Ski season (20 nov – 20 mar (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring dust (15 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — May Day holiday, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  May Day holiday

  1–5 majGolden WeekTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Spring dust (15 mar – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Säsong

  Grassland summer

  15 jun – 31 aug · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Grassland summer (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i China, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Melon and grape season

  1 aug – 30 sep · vanligtvisSkörd

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Grassland summer (15 jun – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Melon and grape season (1 aug – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — National Day Golden Week, National Day Golden Week i China

• Helg

  National Day Golden Week

  1–7 oktTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Ski season

  20 nov – 20 mar · vanligtvis

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec)

Lugnt — skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  The deep cold

  1 dec – 20 feb · vanligtvisExtrem kyla

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clocks run on two times at once (1 jan – 31 dec), Ski season (20 nov – 20 mar (vanligtvis))