Best Time to Visit Taiyuan

When is the best time to visit Taiyuan?
Generally speaking, from May to October yearly is the best travel season for tourists to visit Taiyuan. To be more specific, the best time happens to May, June, September and October. The weather and activities during the best season are nice and abundant enough for travel.

For instance, at the turn of spring and summer, while the peonies are all in blossom, at the Twin Pagoda Temple, annual Peony Exhibition is held. If the travelers come to Taiyuan at this time, they can not only ascend the pagoda temple, admire the stele corridor but also enjoy peonies. As September arrives, it is time to open the well-known Shanxi Taiyuan International Folk Art Festival, at which splendid performances and exhibitions from home and abroad will be presented to the viewers to let them have an eye-opening experience. Besides, although from May 1 to 3 or October 1 to 7 is also the right time for visit, they are the national holidays of Chinese people when it is extremely crowded everywhere. Thus, normally foreign visitors are recommended to avoid visiting Taiyuan in the two vacations.

What is recommended to wear during travelling Taiyuan?
Taiyuan has warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature between 9 and 11 °C and a mean rainfall of 456 mm. Here, the seasonal difference is distinctive, windy and dry in spring, rainy and no intense heat in summer, mild and sunny in autumn, and snowy and no bitter cold in winter. Therefore, the tourists are recommended to bring with suitable clothes for the corresponding seasons.

In spring (from March to May), the temperature rises quickly, with big difference between day and night. Long-sleeved and warm clothes like jacket are needed. In summer (from June to August), T-shirts, knee breeches and slippers should be prepared. In autumn (from September to November), the temperature begins to turn to cool, so T-shirts and thin coats are both required. In winter (from December to February), the Taiyuan weather becomes cold and snowy. Thus, down coats, hats, gloves, scarves, masks, etc. are the necessities. Nevertheless, even though the travelers visit Taiyuan in summer, if they scramble up mountain, the warm clothes are also essential due to the low temperature in it.

What is the current time in Taiyuan now?
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