Guangzhou
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About
Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong in southern China. Located on the Pearl River, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guangzhou, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Guangzhou
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
Drizzle
28° / 24°
4.4 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Rain
26° / 23°
13.9 mm
UV High
Mon
Rain
27° / 24°
27.7 mm
UV High
Tue
Showers
28° / 23°
23.9 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Showers
30° / 24°
14.4 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Showers
30°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
37° / 15°
Typical high / low
10 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.2h
05:45 – 19:00local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Guangzhou
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Foshan Shadi Airport (FUO) at 20 km.
Getting around Guangzhou
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.