Region · China
Where to stay in Shandong
This guide covers 17 destinations in Shandong, a first-level administrative division of China, with 98 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Linyi, Qingdao and Weifang. Across its destinations, May, September and October are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 17
- Places to stay
- 98
- Comfortable in the most places
- May, September and October
- Main airport
- TNAJinan Yaoqiang International Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Destinations
Destinations in Shandong
Every destination in this guide in Shandong, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qingdao | 10,071,722 | 24 | TAO · 39 km |
| Yantai | 7,102,116 | 16 | YNT · 47 km |
| Jinan | 9,202,432 | 15 | TNA · 30 km |
| Linyi | 11,018,365 | 7 | LYI · 8 km |
| Weihai | 2,906,548 | 7 | WEH · 37 km |
| Weifang | 9,386,705 | 5 | WEF · 8 km |
| Jining | 8,357,897 | 4 | JNG · 32 km |
| Tai'an | 5,472,217 | 4 | JNG · 69 km |
| Zibo | 4,704,138 | 4 | TNA · 75 km |
| Dongying | 2,193,518 | 4 | DOY · 29 km |
| Liaocheng | 5,952,128 | 3 | JNG · 112 km |
| Rizhao | 2,968,365 | 3 | RIZ · 10 km |
| Binzhou | 3,928,568 | 2 | DOY · 70 km |
| Heze | 8,795,939 | HZA · 28 km | |
| Dezhou | 5,611,194 | TNA · 104 km | |
| Zaozhuang | 3,855,601 | LYI · 81 km | |
| Laiyang | 794,986 | YNT · 80 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Shandong
98 hotels in Shandong 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marquess Restaurant | Qingdao | |
| Argyle Suites | Yantai | |
| Atour Hotel (Ji'nan Yingxiongshan Road) | Jinan | |
| Atour Hotel (Jinan Olympic Center) | Jinan | |
| Atour Hotel (Jining Taibai Road Canal City) | Jining | |
| Atour Hotel (Liaocheng Development Zone) | Liaocheng | |
| Atour Hotel (Liuquan Road, Zibo Hi-tech Zone) | Zibo | |
| Atour Hotel (Yantai Golden Beach) | Yantai | |
| Atour Hotel Dongying Huanghe Road | Dongying | |
| Beris Media Hotel | Qingdao | |
| Best Western Yantai Hotel | Yantai | |
| Binzhou Hotel | Binzhou | |
| Bliss International Hotel | Weihai | |
| Blue Horizon Hotel (Jinan Lichengstore ) | Jinan | |
| Blue Valley Hotel | Weifang | |
| Buena Vista Peninsula Hotel Yantai | Yantai | |
| Chateau Star River Qingdao | Qingdao | |
| Chengyang Detai Hotel | Qingdao | |
| Crowne Plaza Yantai Sea View | Yantai | |
| Crystal Orange Hotel (Jining Yinlongwan) | Jining | |
| Crystal Orange Hotel Qingdao May Fourth Square | Qingdao | |
| Dexin International Hotel | Yantai | |
| Deyi Banhai Tingshu Hotel | Rizhao | |
| Dongfang Hotel | Weifang | |
| Dynamic Hotel | Dongying | |
| Evergrande Hotel Dongying | Dongying | |
| Farrington Hotel (Building B) | Weifang | |
| Grand Hoya Hotel | Qingdao | |
| Guantang Hot Spring (International) Resort | Linyi | |
| Guihe Siji Hotel | Weihai |
When to go
Best time to visit Shandong
From the climate of 17 destinations in Shandong 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: May, September and October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 17 | 3 °C | 8 mm |
| February | 0 of 17 | 7 °C | 12 mm |
| March | 0 of 17 | 14 °C | 16 mm |
| April | 12 of 17 | 20 °C | 32 mm |
| May | 17 of 17 | 26 °C | 56 mm |
| June | 3 of 17 | 30 °C | 79 mm |
| July | 0 of 17 | 31 °C | 167 mm |
| August | 0 of 17 | 30 °C | 172 mm |
| September | 16 of 17 | 26 °C | 64 mm |
| October | 17 of 17 | 21 °C | 31 mm |
| November | 0 of 17 | 13 °C | 26 mm |
| December | 0 of 17 | 5 °C | 12 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 Shandong
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Shandong 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.
TNA · Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
JNG · Jining Da'an Airport
DOY · Dongying Shengli Airport
LYI · Linyi Qiyang Airport
YNT · Yantai Penglai International Airport
WEF · Weifang Nanyuan Airport
RIZ · Rizhao Shanzihe Airport
HZA · Heze Mudan Airport
WEH · Weihai Dashuibo Airport
TAO · Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport
LYG · Lianyungang Huaguoshan International Airport
XUZ · Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Shandong, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in China
Nearby
Regions near Shandong
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.