Yunnan (云南省) · 11 markets · 5 cities
11 markets in Yunnan, grouped by city. The opening column is the part to read first: a country market stands empty except on its own dates. Chinese addresses are given as they are written, which is the form to show a driver.
Most common here: Morning market (4), Night market (2), Country market (2). See all provinces, or what the six kinds of market are and why most of them are shut today.
3 markets
Dali (大理)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Dali March Street Fair (大理三月街)A fair at the foot of the Cangshan range with a thousand years behind it, on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd of the lunar month. Bai clothing, medicinal herbs, marble work and food piled in heaps.(大理古城苍山门（三月街）) | Country market | Lunar dates 2, 9, 16, 23 · 7:00 to 18:00 |
| Dali North Gate Market (大理古城北门菜市场)The daily basket for Dali old town: fruit and vegetables, breakfast stalls, craft shops and the hat street that photographs well.(大理古城博爱路与平等路交叉口) | Morning market | Daily |
| Dali Township Market Circuit (大理集市网络（喜洲街/双廊街/银桥/湾桥）)Township markets rotating around Erhai lake. Xizhou is fullest at weekends, held among Bai courtyard houses.(喜洲古镇（周六周日 8:00–12:00）、双廊古镇农贸市场、银桥镇（农历初五/十三/二十/二十八）、湾桥街（农历初四/十一等）) | Country market | Times not recorded |
3 markets
Kunming (昆明)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Daguan Zhuanxin Farmers’ Market (大观篆新农贸市场)More than 650 stalls and the busiest produce market in Kunming, with wild mushrooms, flowers and shapes of vegetable seen nowhere else. Ten yuan eats well and twenty is too much food.(五华区新闻路 270 号（近大观路，大观河畔），地铁5号线严家地站 A 口步行 8 分钟) | Morning market | Daily · 6:30 to 19:00 |
| Dounan Flower Market (昆明斗南花卉市场（斗南花市本体）)Described as one of the largest cut flower markets in Asia and used across the trade as a price reference. Retail runs nine to six, and the auction works downward, the price falling until someone buys.(昆明市呈贡区斗南街道（花花世界主场馆），地铁4号线金桂街站 B 口出站 300 米（注意：不要在”斗南站”下车）) | Flower market | Daily · 9:00 to 18:00 |
| Kunming Flower & Fruit Morning Markets (昆明鲜花/水果早市网络（斗南花市外围）)The small-hours trading that feeds the Dounan flower halls, together with the fruit markets around them.(昆明市（斗南花市及各区早市）) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
2 markets
Lijiang (丽江)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Xiangshan Market (丽江象山市场)A plain morning market for people who live in Lijiang, with almost no visitors.(古城区金虹路一带) | Morning market | Times not recorded |
| Zhongyi Market (忠义市场（早市+夜市）)The only produce market left inside the old town of Lijiang, and where Naxi residents are thickest on the ground. Women come down with baskets of hill produce and fresh mushrooms from six.(古城区长水路与祥和路交界处（古城南门外，木府步行 10 分钟）；公交2/3/4/5/11/14路忠义市场站) | Night market | Daily · 6:00 to 12:00 |
2 markets
Ruili (瑞丽)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Jiegao Border Trade Zone (姐告边境贸易区（中缅街）)A trade zone laid out as one street shared by two countries, with Burmese goods on one side and money changers throughout. Burmese traders bring melons, mangoes and spices in at seven in the morning.(瑞丽市姐告（中缅边境第一门户，与缅甸木姐镇隔瑞丽江相望）；市区 1 路公交直达) | Border market | Daily · 8:00 to 18:00 |
| Yinjing Cross-border Market (银井边民互市（一寨两国）)One village in two countries, with shop signs in both languages and a swing that crosses the line. Traders from both sides have shared this street historically.(瑞丽市姐相镇银井（中缅银井/芒秀两寨同街）) | Border market | Daily |
1 market
Xishuangbanna (西双版纳)
| Market | Kind | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| Mekong Starry Night Market (告庄西双景·湄公河星光夜市)Described as one of the largest open-air night markets in Asia, with some 3,000 stalls and free to enter. Dai grilled fish in lemongrass, pounded chicken feet, and a water market styled on six countries.(景洪市告庄西双景内（导航”湄公河星光夜市”；大金塔旁）) | Night market | Daily · 18:00 to 0:30 |
Going on the Right Day
Market dates move, and the ones that run on the lunar calendar move against the calendar on your phone. Tell our local team where you will be and on which dates, and they will say which of these are open while you are there and which are worth the detour.