Ask a QuestionThe best time to visit Wuhan is in spring and autumn, especially from March to April, September to October.
Wuhan welcomes its early spring in March. The temperature rises quickly, the maximum temperature can reach over 20 °C, but the low temperature is still relatively low. From March to April, you need to pay attention to late spring cold- often overnight temperatures drop 15 °C-20 °C with a big snowfall. The average temperature is about 7.3℃ - 15.3℃，
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►In spring, you can visit Wuhan University campus or the Donghu Cherry Blossom Park to appreciate cherry blossoms. From the late March to early April, the Donghu Cherry Blossom Festival will be held in Donghu Moshan scenic cherry park. The main activities include spring outing to see cherry blossoms, cherry blossom popular science exhibition and photography exhibition, etc. From February to March each year, East Lake Plum Blossom Festival will be held in Moshan Plum Garden, where you can watch more than 200 varieties of plum and different schools of quincuncial piles, plum calligraphy and photography exhibition, plum arts performances and so on.
►Wudang Mountain: Wudang Mountain may be the most famous Taoist holy site in China as well as in the world. The Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains has been on the World Heritage List since 1994 as a unique land to spread Chinese Taoist culture. Mount Wudang covers an area of 321 square kilometers wide, with very rich beautiful sceneries and culture relics. The main tourist resorts include: three ponds, nine springs, nine wells, nine platforms, ten pools, ten stones, eleven caves, thirty six cliffs and seventy two peaks, all of them compose incomparable Chinese traditional mount-water drawings. The ancient buildings in Wudang Mountain have been famous in the world for their beauty, size, and grandeur, so that Wudang Mountain was taken onto the list of World Cultural Legacy by UNESCO on December 17, 1994.
Generally, hot summer lasts from May to October in Wuhan. The height hot summer lasts for continuous forty days, and every day is more than 40 °C. Summer has average temperature of 22.0℃ - 29.7℃，
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►The summer heat makes a lot of people not want to go out. If you travel to Wuhan during this time, it is recommended to go to the suburbs Mt. Mulanshan to avoid summer heat.
►On July 16, the Wuhan International River Crossing Festival will be held in Wuhan City. The main activities are speedily cross river, rafting, carnival, etc.
In September, the temperature may reach about 38℃, but the minimum temperature is no longer high. Wuhan welcomes its early autumn from October, and the temperature will gradually decline. The average temperature is 20℃-28℃. The weather is dry and sometimes the temperature will unusually reach nearly 30℃.
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►Yellow Crane Tower: Located on Snake Hill in Wuchang, together with Yueyang Pavilion in Hunan Province and Tengwang Pavilion in Jiangxi Province, it is praised as one of the Three Most Notable Towers in the south of the Yangtze River. In China, even a 4-year-ole child may be know this attraction because of the famous poem named "Huang He Lou" which is the Chinese pronunciation of Yellow Crane Tower. Now the new tower is a five-story building with a height of 50.4 meters (165.4 ft). Murals, statues of famous poets, poems and paintings are situated inside the tower. Standing on the grand tower, one can overlook the beautiful landscape of Wuhan City as well as the remarkable Yangtze River.
Wuhan often quickly welcomes its winter from its autumn as long as the cold air down south while the temperature drops very powerfully. From the end of December to next February, Wuhan is in its winter with the average temperature of 3℃- 12℃; however, if Wuhan suffer the cold wave or sleet, the temperature will be below 0℃.
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►Hubei Province Museum: Built in 1953 and got the present name in 1963, it is a symbol of Wuhan City. Hubei Provincial Museum is the only comprehensive Hubei museum, but also the province's most important heritage collections, research and display of bodies. Collections of more than 20 million pieces of cultural relics, including a Heritage 812 (sets), national treasures 16 (sets). Among them, relics mainly class mainly pottery, porcelain, bronze, lacquered device, Jane Du, weapons, musical instruments, gold jade, ancient calligraphy, ancient coins and so on.
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5.8
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10.1
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16.8
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21.9
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25.6
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28.7
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28.2
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23.4
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17.7
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11.4
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6.0
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1.9
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2.4
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4.5
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5.3
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7.5
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9.4
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43.4
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58.7
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95.0
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131.1
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164.2
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225.0
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190.3
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111.7
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79.7
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92.0
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51.8
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26.0
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1. Summer in Wuhan is extremely hot, especially the months of July and August. It is recommended to travel to Wuhan avoiding these two months. If you are ready to travel, it's better to prepare your umbrellas, sunscreen and take other good sun protection measures.
2. Be careful of the changeable temperature. A few chilly days could be followed by relatively hot weather. So it is better to take some early winter clothes to protect you away from the sudden low temperature.
3. If you are ready to go mountain climbing, you need to prepare a pair of comfortable flat shoes or hiking shoes.
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