Shandong · China
Linyi travel guide
Linyi is a city in Shandong, China, home to about 11,018,000 people.
- Best months
- April, May, September and October
- Nearest airport
- LYI8 km · Linyi Qiyang Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Language
- Chinese, Putonghua, Standard Chinese
About
About Linyi
Linyi (simplified Chinese: 临沂; traditional Chinese: 臨沂; pinyin: Línyí) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, China.
Linyi had a resident population of 11 million as of 2020. The climate of Linyi belongs to the temperate monsoon climate. Spring warms up quickly, with little rain and wind, and the climate is dry; summer is warm and humid, with abundant rainfall. In autumn, the temperature drops sharply, the rainfall decreases abruptly, and the weather is sunny and cool; in winter, it is cold and dry, and rain and snow are scarce. The average daily minimum temperature in winter is 4 °C and the average daily maximum is 14 °C, so it is not cold in winter.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Linyi
See
Linyi Dam is the largest rubber dam in the world. There are small electric tour cars operat ing along the foreshore for a reasonable price.
- Linyi Museum
- Wang Xizhi's former residence
- Linyi Animal and Botanical Garden
- Light Lan Shan·Xin Langya
- Yimeng Mountain Tourism Area
- Bamboo spring village
- Underground Grand Canyon in Shandong
- Linyi Ocean World Theme Park
- Yinqueshan Han Tombs Bamboo Slips Museum
- Tianyu Natural History Museum
Do
- Linyi Guantang Hot Spring Resort
- Tianfo Tourist Area
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When to go
The best time to visit Linyi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Linyi are April, May, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; July is the wettest, with about 220 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Linyi: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linyi Qiyang Airport (LYI), about 8.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rizhao Shanzihe Airport (RIZ, 95 km) and Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport (LYG, 108 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Linyi Qiyang Airport is in Heodong District, approximately 7.8 km from Lini City District. It is relatively easy to get to Linyi by air with multiple flights daily coming in from Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing. At the airport you can take a taxi into the city; the local drivers will try to bargain. Your best bet is to point to the meter and pretend you don't know any Chinese.
Getting around
From Linyi, take National Highway 206 to the southwest at the intersection of Cangshan and Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, south to Xinyi City, turn Xinyang Expressway to the south, to Xuyi County Huanghuatang Hub for a long and deep expressway.
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LYI · Linyi Qiyang Airport
RIZ · Rizhao Shanzihe Airport
LYG · Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Linyi
Drink
Lanling Wine（兰陵酒） is produced in Lanling Town, Lanling County, and takes millet as raw material, paste with pure and sweet ancient deep well water, put malt saccharification, then add high-quality Daqu wine, then sealed in a porcelain jar. Its brewing history can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period. Yishui green tea（沂水绿茶） is purely hand-processed Shandong inland mountain green tea. Its production base is scattered in the mountains of the Mengshan Mountain Range. In the 1950s and 1960s, the "South Tea and North" project planted hundreds of metres above sea level on the mountains.
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Questions
Linyi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Linyi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Linyi are April, May, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; July is the wettest, with about 220 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Linyi?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Linyi Qiyang Airport (LYI), about 8.0 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rizhao Shanzihe Airport (RIZ, 95 km) and Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport (LYG, 108 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Linyi?
renminbi (CNY).
Nearby
Destinations near Linyi
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.