Shenzhen
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About
Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Dongguan to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, and Macau to the southwest. With a population of 17.5 million in 2020, Shenzhen is the third-most-populous city by urban population in China after Shanghai and Beijing.
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The next week in Shenzhen
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
Rain
25° / 23°
41.1 mm
UV High
Sun
Rain
26° / 23°
42.0 mm
UV High
Mon
Showers
26° / 23°
11.1 mm
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 24°
0.6 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
30° / 24°
UV Very high
Thu
Drizzle
29° / 25°
5.7 mm
UV Very high
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
34° / 19°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.2h
05:43 – 18:55local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Shenzhen
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) at 28 km.
Getting around Shenzhen
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
Lok Ma Chau Crossing-boundary Coach ServicesLong Win BusKowloon Motor BusCitybusGreen Minibus ServicesB Metro
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.