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🇨🇳 24 cities

China

5 cities have a written profile, and 19 more are ranked on the hours they keep.

In the atlas

full profiles · 5

Public holidays

Next public holiday Mid-Autumn Festival 25 September 2026

22 statutory holidays in 2026. Dates and rules for 241 jurisdictions are maintained at timesys.pro.

  • 01 Jan New Year's Day
  • 02 Jan Day off (substituted from 01/04/2026)
  • 16 Feb Chinese New Year's Eve
  • 17 Feb Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
  • 18 Feb Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
  • 19 Feb Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
  • 20 Feb Day off (substituted from 02/14/2026)
  • 23 Feb Day off (substituted from 02/28/2026)
  • 05 Apr Tomb-Sweeping Day
  • 06 Apr Tomb-Sweeping Day (observed)
  • 01 May Labor Day
  • 02 May Labor Day
  • 04 May Labor Day (observed)
  • 05 May Day off (substituted from 05/09/2026)
  • 19 Jun Dragon Boat Festival
  • 25 Sept Mid-Autumn Festival
  • 01 Oct National Day
  • 02 Oct National Day
  • 03 Oct National Day
  • 05 Oct National Day (observed)
  • 06 Oct Day off (substituted from 09/20/2026)
  • 07 Oct Day off (substituted from 10/10/2026)

The country, measured

The same six measures for every city here — the comparison a country page can make and a city page cannot.

CityAirport Population Muggy days Umbrella days Nonstop Quakes/decade
Shanghai PVG SHA 30,678,616 112 149 488 0.2
Hangzhou HGH 6,387,063 114 158 268 0
Hefei HFE 5,646,049 96 121 95 0.2
Chengdu CTU TFU 5,609,626 80 163 431 39.8
Shenzhen SZX 203 175 460 0

The extremes

Within China only. Each links to the ranking it comes from.

How much China varies

A country with one climate is a different proposition from one with several. These are the gaps between its own cities.

Umbrella days
121–175 a year
Muggy days
80–203 a year
Nonstop destinations
95–488

Also measured

ranked on their hours · 19

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