Hangzhou
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About
Hangzhou is the capital city and most populous city of Zhejiang province, China, situated at the intersection of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and the head of Hangzhou Bay. Renowned as one of the Eight Ancient Capitals of China, Hangzhou is celebrated for its cultural heritage and its West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hangzhou, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Hangzhou
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
Overcast
29° / 18°
UV Very high
Sun
Overcast
30° / 18°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
31° / 18°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 20°
2.7 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Showers
31° / 23°
28.8 mm
Thu
Drizzle
29° / 22°
UV Moderate
Fri
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
38° / 7°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.7h
05:05 – 18:45local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Hangzhou
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) at 25 km.
Getting around Hangzhou
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.