Jiaozuo

太极发源地云台山下 | Cradle of Tai Chi, beneath Yuntai Mountain

Why visit

Jiaozuo is a Henan route base for mountains, temple-region access, and movement toward Dengfeng heritage sites. It is useful when the trip needs a practical stop between larger central China anchors.

When to avoid

Air quality can be poor due to coal industries and regional pollution, especially November through March. Yuntaishan gets mobbed during Chinese national holidays (especially Golden Week in early October). Avoid those weeks. English is essentially absent. Some park trails are vertiginous, not for those with a fear of heights. The city center itself is workmanlike industrial.

Plan Jiaozuo

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Jiaozuo

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

Thunderstorm

31° / 24°

3.0 mm

UV High

Wed

Drizzle

32° / 25°

UV High

Thu

Thunderstorm

32° / 24°

3.4 mm

UV High

Fri

Clear

34° / 25°

UV High

Sat

Thunderstorm

31° / 25°

0.6 mm

UV High

Sun

Partly cloudy

30° / 22°

UV Moderate

Mon

Overcast

32° / 23°

UV High

Climate

Hot and wet season (May-Sep)

About 76% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 31°C, lows around 19°C.

Cooler dry season (Oct-Apr)

Typical highs around 14°C, lows around 1°C. About 22mm of rain a month.

In August 4

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Weather

32° / 21°

Typical high / low

4 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

13.5h

05:46 – 19:17local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest LYA · 94 km

About Jiaozuo

Jiaozuo is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Henan province, China. Sitting on the northern bank of the Yellow River, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the south, Xinxiang to the east, Jiyuan to the west, Luoyang to the southwest, and the province of Shanxi to the north. Jiaozuo is one of the core cities of the Central Plains urban agglomeration and a regional central city along the Shanxi-Henan border area.

Area: 3,973 km²

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