Shanghai

23 · China

Shanghai is one of the world's mega-cities of China, with a population of around 24.9M. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

24.9M

Timezone

Asia/Shanghai

Currency

CNY

Coordinates

31.222, 121.458

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

SHA — Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (12 km) PVG — Shanghai Pudong International Airport (34 km) JNH — Jiaxing Nanhu Airport (96 km)

Other cities in China

Beijing Shenzhen Guangzhou Chengdu Tianjin Wuhan Dongguan Xi’an Nanjing Hangzhou

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).