China
Shanxi
Shanxi is one of the 31 regions of China; its largest place is Taiyuan.
Best timeApr–May · Oct
Best weather in OctoberPingyao 88
October: highs10° – 21°
Rain this month, on average32mm
Mean of its 20 best-known places. Best: Apr–May · Oct.
Shanxi at a glance
The atlas follows 17,688 places here month by month, with 3 mountains and 124 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, May and October.
When to go to Shanxi
The best places of every month here, and the average climate of the best-known ones.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 55 | 53 | 61 | 83 | 78 | 56 | 45 | 55 | 74 | 80 | 56 | 55 |
| High | 2° | 6° | 11° | 19° | 25° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 10° | 3° |
| Low | -10° | -6° | -1° | 5° | 12° | 17° | 19° | 18° | 13° | 6° | -2° | -7° |
| Rain (mm) | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 42 | 62 | 113 | 104 | 65 | 32 | 13 | 4 |
Places in Shanxi
The best-known places with their score this month; every town and village is in the A to Z list below.
86OctoberTaiyuan
5.3M people
18° / 5°22 mm
88OctoberPingyao
42k people
18° / 6°36 mm
71OctoberDatong
3.11M people
15° / 2°18 mm
81OctoberChangzhi
3.18M people
17° / 5°35 mm
82OctoberYuncheng
4.77M people
20° / 10°48 mm
83OctoberXinzhou
2.69M people
17° / 4°21 mm
84OctoberLinfen
3.98M people
20° / 9°38 mm
86OctoberJincheng
2.19M people
18° / 7°31 mm
11 districts, each with all of its towns and villages
Changzhi Shi1,207 places · 3.37M · Changzhi
Datong Shi1,189 places · 3.65M · Datong
Jincheng Shi1,226 places · 2.73M · Jincheng
Jinzhong Shi1,412 places · 2.09M · Pingyao
Linfen Shi2,740 places · 5.08M · Linfen
Lüliang2,400 places · 4.38M · Xiaoyi
Shuozhou Shi1,542 places · 2.61M · Shuozhou
Taiyuan Shi707 places · 5.6M · Taiyuan
Xinzhou Shi2,513 places · 3.42M · Xinzhou
Yangquan Shi449 places · 1.32M · Yangquan
Yuncheng Shi2,085 places · 6.51M · Yuncheng
More towns and villages of Shanxi · 218
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Shanxi from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Shanxi
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nature in Shanxi
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of China seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
Outdoors in Shanxi
Culture in Shanxi
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What's on in Shanxi
Getting to Shanxi
Taiyuan Wusu International AirportTYN · Taiyuan
15 kmLüliang Dawu AirportLLV · Taiyuan
126 kmShuozhou Zirun AirportSZH · Taiyuan
157 km太原Taiyuan
2.2 km平遥Pingyao
1.5 km大同Datong
2.9 km东关Changzhi
2.2 kmTowns in Shanxi from A to Z
The 59 main places; every village is listed on its district's page.
Other regions of China
Anhui33,360Beijing3,184Chongqing10,321Fujian30,630Gansu25,066Guangdong39,728Guangxi48,519Guizhou29,516Hainan6,602Hebei57,541Heilongjiang28,278Henan56,135Hubei26,481Hunan41,012Inner Mongolia6,270Jiangsu42,013Jiangxi34,655Jilin21,484Liaoning35,288Ningxia5,136Qinghai2,925Shaanxi30,225Shandong76,889Shanghai3,154Sichuan48,885Tianjin967Tibet17,202Xinjiang17,776Yunnan49,044Zhejiang46,553