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 Joined: 2005-06-06 Points: 1 | i'm planning my trip to china in october i want to head to zhongdian from lijiang, and then on to deqin. is there going to be a problem with the roads in mid-october? closings? lots of snow? i've travelled a lot in the himalayas, so i guess i'm worrying about leh/spiti style "roads closed from october until march" scenarios. that's not the case with zhongdian and deqin, is it? i know it will be cold... but how cold? also, how often and how available are flights to chengdu? it's also possible to go by bus to the railhead and then by train, right? is that the shortest overland option? |
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worthyquest wrote:
I can't predict the weather, but last year the hail and sleet started sometime in late October, and the snow started in early November. Generally the snow isn't ever too deep, so if there were a freak snowstorm that early this year, you'd probably only get stuck for a day. The roads to the north (and west into Tibet) tend to close slightly more often because they're at higher elevation and thus colder.
worthyquest wrote:
That doesn't happen. The snow tends to melt pretty quickly since it's often above 0 and sunny during the days through the winter. The wait for good weather is usually a few days at most. The coldest period here is in January, but the biggest shutdown of transport happens during spring festival in february.
worthyquest wrote:
From 2 winters experience, the coldest night of the year might get down to between -20 and -15C. Lack of insulation and a poor building envelope in many places leads to many buildings being colder inside than outside during the daytime & evening. It's often sunny during the day, and also often above freezing as well. I usually get by during the colder days with 2 or 3 thin layers and a thick layer of some sort. For comparison, I usually wear 2 thin layers during the summer.
Specifically in October, it will be above freezing during the day and (rarely) below during the night. If you're used to cold weather in 3rd world countries, you can bring a warm hat and a nice thick sweater or jacket, and you'll be fine.
worthyquest wrote:
I've heard that the flights to Chengdu only go in one direction -- there's some kind of bizarre loop that the planes do taking people to and from tibet, but since I'm not sure, I'll look into it and add it to the Diqing Airport page.
worthyquest wrote:
I'm not sure if you'll travel less distance than than going entirely by road, but it certainly will be faster. You can look at the schedule here:
Panzhihua to Chengdu (if the railroad ministry site is up at the time)
and see where Panzhihua is here.
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The agent at China Eastern today claimed that there are never any direct flights to Chengdu. You'd have to go through Kunming, one of 3-4 times a day. She also said that the flights change week to week, and so you'd have to call to find out whether or not a particular flight on a particular day is going to fly or not.
I've updated the Diqing Airport page to reflect this.
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wtanaka wrote:
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Chengdu is at a higher latitude, but a much lower altitude.
http://weather.yahoo.com/climo/CHXX0016_f.html
Looks like it gets chilly, but perhaps not by Canada standards.
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The climate in Chengdu is temperate