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Where to stay in the Shanghai region
This guide covers 5 destinations in the Shanghai region, a first-level administrative division of China, with 136 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Shanghai, Pudong and Yangpu District. Across its destinations, October is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 5
- Places to stay
- 136
- Comfortable in the most places
- October
- Main airport
- SHAShanghai Hongqiao International Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
Destinations
Destinations in Shanghai region
Every destination in this guide in the Shanghai region, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24,870,895 | 79 | SHA · 13 km |
| Pudong | 5,681,512 | 29 | SHA · 20 km |
| Yangpu District | 1,242,548 | 16 | SHA · 19 km |
| Zhujiajiao | 94,067 | 11 | SHA · 29 km |
| Liantang | 58,429 | 1 | SHA · 34 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Shanghai region
136 hotels in the Shanghai region 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.
When to go
Best time to visit Shanghai region
From the climate of 5 destinations in the Shanghai region 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 month comfortable in the most places: October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 5 | 8 °C | 63 mm |
| February | 0 of 5 | 10 °C | 63 mm |
| March | 0 of 5 | 14 °C | 97 mm |
| April | 0 of 5 | 20 °C | 86 mm |
| May | 0 of 5 | 24 °C | 97 mm |
| June | 0 of 5 | 27 °C | 185 mm |
| July | 0 of 5 | 32 °C | 152 mm |
| August | 0 of 5 | 31 °C | 174 mm |
| September | 0 of 5 | 28 °C | 118 mm |
| October | 5 of 5 | 23 °C | 54 mm |
| November | 0 of 5 | 17 °C | 58 mm |
| December | 0 of 5 | 10 °C | 48 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 Shanghai region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in the Shanghai region 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.
SHA · Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport
PVG · Shanghai Pudong International Airport
JNH · Jiaxing Nanhu Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Shanghai region, 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 Shanghai region
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.