Plan your trip to Dunhuang? you must know about Dunhuang Climate & Weather before your starting tour. Dunhuang is located deep in northwest China, where the climate is dry and there is a large temperature difference between day and night; Winter is long and cold, while summer is dry and hot.
Best Time to visit Dunhuang
May, June, September, and October are the golden seasons for tourism every year. In May and June, the temperature here warms up and the sandstorms decrease, making it a good time to visit Dunhuang. In September and October, the autumn sky is clear and there are many tourists, making it a suitable time to visit Dunhuang for tourism.
In addition, if visitors come to Dunhuang in autumn, they can also taste the local specialty fruits and vegetables.
Dunhuang Grape Festival ( in Sep each year)
As one of the four regions recognized by the world as the most suitable for planting fresh grapes, Dunhuang City has been using grapes as a medium in recent years. By holding the Dunhuang Grape Festival, which integrates grape exhibition and promotion, investment attraction, cultural display, and tourism, the grape industry is combined with cultural tourism, strengthening external exchanges and promoting tourism development. It is understood that the festival activities include camel riding competition, hundred person wooden board carving competition, national grape cooperation organization experience exchange meeting, specialty fruit exhibition and sales, ten famous fresh grape display and evaluation, "Grape Flying Fairy" float parade and other activities.