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About
Xi'an is the capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populous city in Northwestern China. Its total population was 12.95 million in the 2020 census, including an urban population of 9.28 million.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xi'an, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Xi'an
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° / 15°
17.5 mm
Sun
Rain
23° / 19°
15.6 mm
Mon
Overcast
27° / 18°
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
20° / 16°
0.6 mm
UV High
Wed
Overcast
29° / 15°
UV Very high
Thu
Drizzle
29° / 20°
10.8 mm
UV Moderate
Fri
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
38° / 5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:42 – 19:37local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Xi'an
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) at 26 km.
Getting around Xi'an
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.