Changsha
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About
Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. Located in the lower reaches of the Xiang River in northeastern Hunan, it is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the third-most populous city in Central China, and the most livable city in China.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Changsha, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Changsha
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
30° / 23°
15.1 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
31° / 23°
0.6 mm
UV High
Mon
Showers
32° / 25°
9.3 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Showers
28° / 24°
20.1 mm
Wed
Showers
29° / 23°
18.9 mm
Thu
Showers
31° / 23°
36.9 mm
Fri
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 9°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.5h
05:38 – 19:10local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Changsha
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX) at 24 km.
Getting around Changsha
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.