Crowd forecast
Pick your dates. See how crowded China gets.
Compare your China trip against the official public-holiday calendar, the summer school-holiday peak and the Spring Festival travel rush. Get a day-by-day crowd forecast with practical tips for each stretch.
Pick the start and end of your China trip. We compare them against the official public-holiday calendar, the summer school-holiday peak, and the Spring Festival travel rush. 2027 dates are estimates until the State Council notice is published.
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Day-by-day breakdown
How the forecast works
Every date is scored against three things: official public holidays (red = extreme, yellow = busy), the summer school-holiday peak and the Spring Festival travel rush, plus weekends. The tool then groups your trip into crowd "zones" so you can put must-see sights in the calm stretches and treat the busy days as travel or rest days.
About the data
2026 figures are official (State Council notice published Nov 2025). 2027 figures are predicted from the published 2024 holiday rules and major calendars — they are a planning guide, not gospel, and will be replaced once the official notice lands (expected late 2026). Always re-check a few weeks before you fly, since holiday dates can shift.