Region · China
Where to stay in Hunan
This guide covers 15 destinations in Hunan, a first-level administrative division of China, with 92 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Changsha, Hengyang and Shaoyang. Across its destinations, September and October are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX).
- Destinations in this guide
- 15
- Places to stay
- 92
- Comfortable in the most places
- September and October
- Main airport
- CSXChangsha Huanghua International Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Destinations
Destinations in Hunan
Every destination in this guide in Hunan, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changsha | 10,047,914 | 49 | CSX · 24 km |
| Zhuzhou | 3,902,738 | 11 | CSX · 39 km |
| Xiangtan | 2,726,181 | 8 | CSX · 48 km |
| Changde | 5,279,102 | 6 | CGD · 14 km |
| Yueyang | 5,051,922 | 4 | YYA · 16 km |
| Chenzhou | 4,667,134 | 3 | HCZ · 19 km |
| Hengyang | 6,645,243 | 2 | LLF · 115 km |
| Yiyang | 3,851,564 | 2 | CGD · 77 km |
| Zhangjiajie | 1,517,027 | 2 | DYG · 5 km |
| Shaoyang | 6,563,520 | 1 | WGN · 96 km |
| Yongzhou | 5,289,824 | 1 | LLF · 13 km |
| Huaihua | 4,587,594 | 1 | HJJ · 28 km |
| Loudi | 3,826,996 | 1 | CSX · 130 km |
| Leiyang | 1,140,675 | 1 | HCZ · 74 km |
| Taoyuan County | 809,220 | CGD · 16 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Hunan
92 hotels in Hunan recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| 418 Hua Tian Hotel | Loudi | |
| Atour Hotel (Changsha Lugu) | Changsha | |
| Atour S Hotel (Changsha Furong Middle Road) | Changsha | |
| Bonjour Hunan Hotel | Changsha | |
| Boyue International Hotel | Changsha | |
| Brilliant Hotel | Changsha | |
| Cassidy Manxiang Hotel (Changsha Ecological Zoo) | Changsha | |
| Century Haoting Hotel | Yiyang | |
| Changsha Hopesky Hotel | Changsha | |
| Changsha Lanting Shanshui Hotel | Changsha | |
| Changsha Longhua International Hotel | Changsha | |
| Convoy Days Hotel | Changsha | |
| Country Garden Phoenix Hotel | Yiyang | |
| Days Hotel & Suites China Town | Changsha | |
| Dinghe Hotel | Chenzhou | |
| Do Fine International Hotel | Zhuzhou | |
| Echarm Hotel (Changsha County Xingsha Metro Station, Phoenix City) | Changsha | |
| Echarm Hotel (Changsha High-speed South Railway Station, Convention and Exhibition Center) | Changsha | |
| Echeng Hotel (Changsha High-speed Railway South Station, Wujiang Tianjie) | Changsha | |
| Forum Hotel Hunan | Changsha | |
| Four Seasons Goldensun Hotel | Changde | |
| Freeland Jinglun Hotel | Chenzhou | |
| Friend Hotel | Zhangjiajie | |
| Full Hotel | Zhuzhou | |
| Fuxing Kailai Hotel Xiangtan | Xiangtan | |
| Grand Hyatt Changsha | Changsha | |
| Grand Skylight Hotel Yueyang | Yueyang | |
| Hampton by Hilton Zhuzhou Hongqi Square | Zhuzhou | |
| Heyue Hotel (Hengyang Zhengxiang) | Hengyang | |
| Howard Johnson Huachen Plaza Changsha | Changsha |
When to go
Best time to visit Hunan
From the climate of 15 destinations in Hunan with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: September and October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 15 | 9 °C | 71 mm |
| February | 0 of 15 | 11 °C | 80 mm |
| March | 0 of 15 | 16 °C | 136 mm |
| April | 0 of 15 | 22 °C | 162 mm |
| May | 0 of 15 | 27 °C | 209 mm |
| June | 0 of 15 | 30 °C | 215 mm |
| July | 0 of 15 | 33 °C | 150 mm |
| August | 0 of 15 | 32 °C | 127 mm |
| September | 11 of 15 | 28 °C | 75 mm |
| October | 12 of 15 | 23 °C | 69 mm |
| November | 1 of 15 | 17 °C | 72 mm |
| December | 0 of 15 | 12 °C | 51 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Hunan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Hunan name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CSX · Changsha Huanghua International Airport
CGD · Changde Taohuayuan Airport
LLF · Yongzhou Lingling Airport
HCZ · Chenzhou Beihu Airport
DYG · Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport
YYA · Yueyang Sanhe Airport
WGN · Shaoyang Wugang Airport
HJJ · Huaihua Zhijiang Airport
YIC · Yichun Mingyueshan Airport
TEN · Tongren Fenghuang Airport
HSC · Shaoguan Danxia Airport
SHS · Jingzhou Shashi Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Hunan, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Hunan
Other regions of China with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.