Does it snow in Harbin in December?

It snows in Harbin in December. The first heavy snowfall in Harbin every year occurs around mid-November, but it may melt away as the weather gets warmer.

The real snow should start in December, when the snow is the heaviest. It can still snow in mid-February, and it can get quite heavy. The ice and snow should melt after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because during the Lantern Festival every year, you can also go to the Ice and Snow World to see ice sculptures. China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is an international brand that has gradually grown along with the 40 years of reform and opening up. It is China's first local festival with ice and snow as the carrier.

China·Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival was founded in 1985. According to local legislation, the entire city of Harbin has a day off on the opening ceremony of the Ice and Snow Festival on January 5 every year. In fact, the festival activities of each Ice and Snow Festival begin at the end of the previous year and continue until the end of the ice and snow activities in March of the following year. This period includes important festivals such as New Year, Spring Festival, and Lantern Festival. It can be said that there are festivals within festivals, and festivals within festivals. Festival.

The annual Ice and Snow Festival carries out more than 100 activities in the fields of ice and snow tourism, ice and snow art, ice and snow culture, ice and snow economy and trade, ice and snow sports, etc., including the Ice and Snow World, Sun Island Snow Sculpture Expo, Zhaolin Park Ice Lantern Garden Party, etc. The ice and snow park can be called a dream paradise of ice and snow. Various ice and snow sculpture competitions, winter swimming, ice and snow weddings, ice fairs, ski festivals and other brands are well-known at home and abroad. During the Ice and Snow Festival, Harbin transforms into a fairy tale world of ice and snow, attracting domestic and foreign tourists.