Guilin Travel Forum

Can anyone please advise what the weather is like in Guilin/Yangshou in Winter? Are the skies clear and ideal for photography? Looking at travelling in January. Many thanks.

It really depends... we just spent a few days in Guilin and mostly Yangshuo this February and most every day there was cloudy. I think that may be the norm during this time of year. Photographically, that adds a bit of mystery, but it also makes everything flat. See my Guilin page for recent photos (from this Feb. '08 trip) some of which have had help in Photoshop. It's not really pretty, especially for anything landscape-related. I'm sure the skies could be clear, but I can't recommend it as it was. Maybe it was related to the biggest snowstorm in China in 60 years, I don't know.

Another thing to keep in mind is that the Li River may or may not be open to go all the way from Guilin to Yangshuo by cruise boat in January. It opened in February only because it was the New Year's celebration and the current Chairman was on the river. He had the river level raised a bit, or so they said. You can take a bus, but it's not the same.

Hope that helps!

www.wunderground.com may be able to give you some historical weather for Guilin...

John