Weather in Lanzhou

The weather forecast of the week

• Saturday 26 May 2012 8°C | 23°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 10
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 89
    05:51:00
    20:11:00
  • Moon:
    10:15:00
    
• Sunday 27 May 2012 12°C | 25°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 8
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 83
    05:50:00
    20:12:00
  • Moon:
    11:16:00
    00:06:00
• Monday 28 May 2012 13°C | 14°C
  • Rainfall:
    1
  • Wind:
    Force 15
    Direction N
  • Sun:
    Indicator 16
    05:50:00
    20:13:00
  • Moon:
    12:17:00
    00:40:00
• Tuesday 29 May 2012 10°C | 20°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 9
    Direction NE
  • Sun:
    Indicator 93
    05:49:00
    20:13:00
  • Moon:
    13:20:00
    01:13:00
• Wednesday 30 May 2012 10°C | 22°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 10
    Direction NE
  • Sun:
    Indicator 73
    05:49:00
    20:14:00
  • Moon:
    14:25:00
    01:46:00
• Thursday 31 May 2012 12°C | 23°C
  • Rainfall:
    0
  • Wind:
    Force 9
    Direction NW
  • Sun:
    Indicator 88
    05:49:00
    20:15:00
  • Moon:
    15:33:00
    02:20:00
• Pros
  • The Uyghurs, Tajiks, and Uzbeks are particularly welcoming and keep alive their religious, musical and gastronomic customs.
  • The eternal fascination of the Silk Road, dotted with gorgeous Buddhist sites, towns in ruins, and oases bordering the Taklamakan desert, against a backdrop of the Tian Shan or Kunlun mountains.
• Cons
  • It is difficult to get a place on the trains and planes, which are often full.
  • Crossing the whole of the Silk Road would take several weeks' patience and a good sense of organisation to make reservations a long time in advance.
  • Non-smokers will suffer from the incessant smoke in the buses and trains.
  • As everywhere in China, the language is an obstacle that is difficult to surmount. In this region, the different transcriptions of place names do not facilitate the task.