Sep 16
B 74
Shoulder Season Value does the most to make this one of the trip's easier days.
Shoulder Season Value
10 day trip
Sep 16 to Sep 25, 2026
How the score works
One number out of 100, blended from the four factors below: comfort, crowds, prices and weather. Higher means go now. Lower means queues, rain and paying more for the privilege.
70 good
Factor breakdown
Crowds
How many other people had the same clever idea. Built from researched monthly visitor patterns, then pushed harder for public holidays, school breaks and big events.
Weather
The weather that cancels plans rather than just dampens them. Built from monthly climate baselines plus researched storm, typhoon, smoke and snow periods.
Prices
How much the dates themselves cost you. Built from researched monthly demand, with the same holiday and event surges that drive the crowds, because airlines can read a calendar too.
Comfort
Whether you will enjoy being outside or merely endure it. Built from average highs and lows, humidity and rain risk.
Climate on this trip
- Avg low
- 20°C
- Avg high
- 28°C
- Rain risk
- moderate
- Humidity
- comfortable
Scored from eHangzhou, China Weather Network - Hangzhou City Intro, Hangzhou opens much-anticipated annual tulip festival
Why go
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Excellent Weather
Comfortable outdoor conditions make these dates easy for sightseeing.
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Shoulder Season Value
These dates avoid the worst demand spikes while staying broadly worthwhile.
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Hangzhou autumn osmanthus peak
Foliage season makes the destination especially appealing, with a crowd tradeoff.
What shapes these dates
- 6 days
Hangzhou Autumn Osmanthus Peak
Sep 20 to Sep 25
Seasonal peak
- 1 day
Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday
Sep 25
Public holiday
- 10 days
Year-Round Demand
Sep 16 to Sep 25
Crowd and price rarely become truly low here.
Easier days
Sep 17
B 74
Shoulder Season Value does the most to make this one of the trip's easier days.
Shoulder Season Value
Tougher days
Sep 25
C+ 63
Holiday Travel Surge does the most to make this one of the trip's tougher days.
Holiday Travel Surge
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