jiuzhaigou Climatic Conditions

Jiuzhaigou has long enjoyed fame as a legendary Fairyland and Earthly Paradise with its wonderful landscape of impressive mountains and lakes. However, in this little bit of paradise, warm clothing is essential throughout the year and temperatures here are extremely variable!

Four seasons of Jiuzhaigou are equally charming. Spring ushers in greenness with birds' singing, as well as peach blossoms competing beauty again snow landscape. Summer sees greenness in its prime, wa terfalls and sunshine waking up every living organism, particularly wild flowers over the hills. Autumn is the most beautiful of all Jiuzhaigou seasons when tree leaves turn rosy, light yellow, purple, sil ver grey, brown, and ochre. Winter is such a time when icy twigs and green branches climbing on jade-like trees, resembling a picture scroll of traditional Chinese landscape painting.

The scenery in Juzhaiguo is impressive all year round but the most popular time to visit is between spring and autumn when the maple leaves are on the trees and the rainfall is minimal. The average temperature in July is 17degree, while the average temperature in January is 3degree although it can drop to as low as minus 4 degrees . In winter, this place is extremely quiet. Hotels are closed, and lakes, waterfalls and springs are frozen over. Due to the height of the region above sea level, even the summer evenings here can get chilly so make sure you come prepared with warm clothing and a waterproof mac or a brolly never go wasted either!

If you plan to head off the marked trails, make sure you take adequate supplies and a first aid kit.

Jiuzhaigou is noted for its freshet air in the world, with an atmospheric visibility of 50 kilometers. Situated in a temperate zone. Jiuzhaigou sees lots of sunny days, cool summer and less wind in winter, with favorable conditions for tourism, sightseeing and holidays.