The best time to go to Jiayuguan is from March to November every year. It's the peak seasons for the tourists. It is recommended to wear winter coats, leather jackets, down coats, woolen hats, scarfs, gloves, sweaters, snow boots for the chilly spring.

It is still cold in the early spring. Hiking along the Jiayuguan great wall may need to take some more courage bearing the chilly wind. Though The scenery won't get much influenced by the weather and you can also choose to visit the Great Wall Museum and Wei-Jin Tomb to appreciate the beautiful murals.

Jiayuguan City has a temperate continental desert climate with an average annual temperature of 6.7 ? - 7.7 ? and 8000 hours of sunshine. The annual average natural precipitation is 85.3 mm, and the evaporation is 2149 mm. The frost free period of the whole year is about 130 days. The climate in Jiayuguan is temperate continental desert, with annual precipitation of only over 80 mm, annual average temperature of only about 6 ?, annual frost free period of more than 130 days, and winter average annual temperature below zero ? .

Jiayuguan is a city of immigrants, which gathers the main specialties of Northwest China, mainly including northwest pasta and beef and mutton. People from south to North also let the local cuisines meet here, where Xi'an, Tianjin, Sichuan, Tibetan areas and other delicacies can be seen everywhere, enriching the food culture of Jiayuguan. There are many local delicacies in Jiayuguan, such as Jiayuguan Lamb Skewers,Desert onion with meat,Apricot Peel Water,ect.

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The main local products of Jiayuguan City are Facai (a kind of algae) and camel hair. In addition, visitors can also buy handicrafts and souvenirs, such as Yeguan Cup (Night Glittering Cup), carving products, camel hair painting, jade carving, Jiayu inkstone, and fresco rubbings.