Sichuan Weather & Places to Visit in Each Season

Spring Weather and Climate in Sichuan

Spring from March to May is the first season, new beginning of a year and is the most active and blossom blooming season when most cities in Sichuan get warmer and warmer. The lovely Spring normally wakes up early in Sichuan Basin from early March while Western Sichuan receives later in middle or end of March. This season is the start of new life for plants and various kinds of flowers bloom correspondingly. Early days are a little cold, but temperature will rise higher to pleasant warm with more sunshine. City tour is always doable in each season, but a Spring outing to see large area of nature colors is highly recommended in the fresh new year. Suburb Chengdu, Mount Emei and Leshan nearby Chengdu and isolated Jinchuan and Danba in Western Sichuan are best places to visit during Spring. Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Sichuan in Spring >>

Top Things to Do in Sichuan in Spring

See Cute Giant Pandas in Chengdu

The lovely pandas are more active in spring which is also the mating season for them. The male pandas like climbing trees, howling, crawling and fighting each other to attract female pandas’ eye. It is recommended to arrive early to the Giant Panda Base in the morning around 08:00 am to catch the best time to observe the pandas eating and playing outdoors. Panda Volunteer projects are also available in Dujiangyan, Ya’an and Wolong Panda Bases.

√ 1 Day Chengdu Relaxing Panda Highlights Tour

√ 2 Days Classic Chengdu Tour

√ 2 Days Best Chengdu Leshan Giant Buddha Tour

View Beautiful Flowers in Chengdu Suburb

If you love Spring blossom, you can join small flower exhibition in People’s Park during appointed days, but getting out of town and absorb fresh air outdoor is a more local entertainment. In southeastern Longquan, you can have a short hike to see large-scale of pink peach flowers, and go farther to southwest Pujiang looking numerous Tulips in different colors, really a gorgeous view of Spring.

Hike on Sacred Buddhist Shrine of Mount Emei

April is one of the best times to see the blossom of azaleas carpet covering Mount Emei. To appreciate the charming view of azaleas during April and May, you can go to Shaluoping near Leidongping; for Late May to June, Wanfoding is a good place to enjoy such blossoms.

√ 2 Days Mount Emei Leisure Hiking Tour from Chengdu

√ 3 Days Mount Emei Classic Walking Tour with Moderate Pace

√ 4 Days Classic Leshan Giant Buddha & Mount Emei Tour from Chengdu

Take Jiayang Steam Train

In Qianwei, Leshan, you can still experience the traditional coal-burning steam train in today’s high speed train era. During Spring, fields are filled with golden rape flowers, a very scenic train trip when you drive though the rape land in quiet countryside.

√ 2 Days Leshan Giant Buddha Visit with Jiayang Steam Train Experience

View Jinchuan Pear Flower Festival

Every year from the middle of March to early April, the pear flowers are blossom in the vast valley of Jianchuan County in Ngawa (Aba), Northwestern Sichuan. It is a good choice to travel with Guanyinqiao Scenic Area within Jinchuan to appreciate the beautiful pear flowers with local cultural splendors.

√ 8 Days Sichuan Spring Tour with Flowers Appreciation Experience

Overlook Danba Jiaju Tibetan Village

Jiaju Tibetan Village is one of the most featured attractions in Danbda. In Spring, hundreds of special architectural-style Tibetan houses spread over the verdant hillside, painting a beautiful rural scene with lifting mist. What a perfect sights between human beings and wild nature. Seeing from a distance, it’s amazing and getting closer, it’s quite interesting to observe the dwellings.

√ 6 Days Western Sichuan Autumn Sightseeing Tour

√ 7 Days Western Sichuan Small Loop Tour with Danba

√ 8 Days Diverse Sichuan Exploration Tour

Summer Weather and Climate in Sichuan

Summer, from June to August, is hot no matter in Sichuan Basin or in West Sichuan Plateau. But, it’s cool in high-altitude mountain areas. Do you want to escape from the heat and find a Summer resort to stay when visit Sichuan? Mount Emei, Mount Qingcheng and Shunnan Bamboo Forest are the recommended place to go nearby Chengdu, if time permits, travel farther to Jiuzhaigou & Huanglong National Parks, Ruoergai (Zoige) and Daocheng Yading to spend your Summer holiday. Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Sichuan in Winter >>

Best Places to Visit in Sichuan in Summer

Mount Qingcheng in Dujiangyan

Covered with evergreen forest all the year round, Mount Qingcheng in Dujiangyan is reputed as the most tranquil mountain in China. Immersing yourselves in Mount Qingcheng either on Front Mountain or Back Mountain in summer is an awesome cool way to escape from the heat. Most travelers pay visit to front mountain of Mount Qingcheng for there are numerous Taoist temples and caves to seek for the mysterious Taoism.

√ 3 Days Chengdu, Mount Qingcheng & Dujiangyan Tour

√ 4 Days Chengdu & Dujiangyan All Bests with Panda Volunteer Tour

Shunan Bamboo Forest

Located in Yibin, about 4.5 hours’ driving distance from Chengdu city center, the 120-square kilometer Shunan Bamboo Forest is the largest bamboo forest in China and called Natural Oxygen Bar with extensive bamboos, limpid lake, winding path as well as numerous streams and waterfalls. In summer, the young bamboos are extremely green and create a comfortably cool atmosphere.

√ 4 Days Chengdu Essence with Shunan Bamboo Forest Summer Vacation

Liangshan Torch Festival

In every late of July or early August, the Torch Festival will be held in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southern Sichuan. It usually lasts for 3 days and Yi people assemble to watch bull fighting, sheep fighting, cock fighting, horse racing and they sing and dance together, etc.

Ruoergai Grassland in Aba

In Ruoergai, Summer is an excellent time to travel the vast prairie and explore Tibetan culture. You can harvest mind-blowing sights of sunny days, blue sky floating with soft clouds, the ground is carpeted by nice green coat, sheep and cows leisurely eating, mountains stands quietly afar... Better try a horse riding and visit the First Bend of Yellow River, Langmu Temple with Ruoergai Grassland.

√ 6 Days Hongyuan & Ruoergai Photography Tour

√ 7 Days Jiuzhaigou Ruoergai Prairie Langmu Temple Tour

Autumn Weather and Climate in Sichuan

When September (September to November) comes, the world in Sichuan is gradually becoming a golden world with yellow and red leaves. Golden ginkgo in Chengdu and multicolored forest beyond Chengdu are two most impressive scenery to catch in Autumn. This season is a peak tourist season, for the weather is cool, and more clear days and scenery are very attractive... Jiuzhaigou Valley and Huanglong Valley, Miyaluo Scenic Resort, Biepnggou Valley and Daocheng Yading Scenic Area are high advised destinations to go in Autumn. Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Sichuan in Autumn >>

Most Popular Places to Visit in Sichuan in Autumn

Jiuzhaigou Valley

It’s true that, Jiuzhaigou is suitable for visiting all year round, since it shows different scenery in each season. But without doubt, Autumn is the best time to travel Jiuzhaigou with comfortable and pleasant weather. Mountains and canyons are dressed up into colorful worlds by the many kinds of trees and flowers of different colors, travertine ponds and lakes are decorated into oil-painting like fairy tale word.

√ 3 Days Classic Jiuzhaigou Tour by Flight

√ 4 Days Jiuzhaigou In-depth Tour with Walking Experience

√ 5 Days Chengdu Jiuzhaigou Comfortable Tour

Huanglong National Park

When Autumn comes, Huanglong National Park is like a natural painting with gorgeous terraced Five-color Ponds unfolding and changing trees surrounded. It is recommended to take cable car up and explore all the scenery by walking down.

√ 4 Days Jiuzhaigou Huanglong Highlights Tour from Chengdu (by Private Car)

Daocheng Yading Scenic Area

It is reputed as the Soul of Shangri-La and the Last Pure Land in Our Blue Planet for the pure and picturesque natural landscape. In autumn, besides having a look at the Three Religious Lord Snow Mountains – Chenresig, Jambeyang and Chanadorje, you should cover Luorong Pasture, Milk Lake, Five-color Lake, Pearl Lake, Haizi Mountain, Red Grassland for more color experience. Your hiking trip in Yading surely will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience when snow-capped mountains, spectacular canyons and lakes jump to your eyes.

√ 4 Days Daocheng Yading Classic Hiking Tour from Chengdu

√ 4 Days Daocheng Yading In-depth Hiking Tour

√ 4 Days Daocheng Yading Photography Tour

Starts from December to next February, Winter is the coldest season of a year. If you are fond of snowy and icy Winter tour in Sichuan, you should go out of Chengdu, visit mountain or plateau areas and enjoy skiing and relaxing hot spring to expel the coldness. The nearest place is Xining Snow Mounatin in Dayi, Mount Emei in Leshan, or fairytale Jiuzhaigou, Hailuogou with massive glaciers and Bipenggou Valley a little far are popular for Winter travel too. Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Sichuan in Winter >>

Most Recommended Sichuan Winter Destinations

Xiling Snow Mountain

Our Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu wrote “Snow accumulated through thousands years on the west snow mountain could be viewed within a glance from my window” and hence it got the name “Xiling”. Xiling Snow Mountain is a great place both to get close to the purest natural beauty and to experience the excitement of skiing sports with over 20 activities in ski field. Ice and Snow Festival is held there annually. Beyond doubt, Xiling Snow Mountain is really a treasure to explore her charm in winter.

√ 2 Days Xiling Snow Mountain Ski Tour

√ 4 Days Chengdu & Xiling Snow Mountain Winter Tour

Hailuogou Valley

If you love nature and Winter, the giant glaciers, ice waterfalls, ice bridges and caves definitely will surprise you. It’s unbelievable to closely see, touch and take photos of those natural wonders in a inland region. Some calls Hailuogou a “Crystal Palace” and the low-altitude modern glaciers are magic created by mother nature.

√ 3 Days Classic Hailuogou Tour from Chengdu

√ 4 Days Classic Kangding, Xinduqiao and Tagong Grassland Tour

Zigong Lantern Festival

End of Winter means closer to Chinese New Year, the most important traditional festival celebrated by all families nationwide. Initiated in ancient time, Zigong holds the best and the biggest lantern festival during Winter. Thousands of man-made lanterns will be lit up into a sea of lanterns, different colors, looks and stories are presented by those artworks.

√ 2 Days Classic Zigong Tour

√ 6 Days Splendors Tour to Chengdu, Zigong and Chongqing

√ 7 Days Sichuan World Herigate with Dazu Rock Carvings Tour