JAN · SHAOYANG
27.24° N · 111.47° E
Travel Score
69
out of 100
In short
Worth going, with some care.
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Weather forecast
No good stretch in this forecast
The best run is Tue Nov 3 and Wed Nov 4, with an average weather score of only 46.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 43/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 90% chance of rain on Nov 5.
US EPA index 2: Moderate.
WeatherAPI
Shaoyang, HunanStation: BaoqingUpdated 9:45 PM local time
16°C
Overcast
Feels like 16°High 17° · Low 15°
Rain now
29%
Rain today
80% chance
Humidity
88%
Wind
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 52 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 59 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
Chinese New Year (Spring Festival)
CulturalChina · Nationwide
Feb 6–20, 2027In 95 days
The Spring Festival, from the new year on 6 February in 2027 to the Lantern Festival on 20 February.
US EPA index
2 / 6
ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people may want to limit long outdoor exertion.
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No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
9:50 PM
Tuesday, November 3
6 km/h ENE
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Nov 3
17° 15°
Overcast · 80% rain
Wed
Nov 4
18° 14°
Patchy rain nearby · 82% rain
Thu
Nov 5
18° 14°
Patchy rain nearby · 90% rain
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisories (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-22 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 22, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Mandarin Chinese is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
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Shaoyang, formerly named Baoqing, is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Hunan province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. One of the major forest areas in Hunan, Shaoyang has a forest coverage of 42.7%.
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GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Towns within a day trip, best conditions first. Pick one for its full brief.
Yongzhou
92 km away · 1.0M people
76Good to travel
17°Clear
Open briefLengshuijiang
50 km away · 115k people
68Travel with care
15°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefLoudi
76 km away · 497k people
68Travel with care
15°Patchy rain nearby
Open briefGantang
55 km away · 90k people
67Travel with care
15°Overcast
Open briefWugang
100 km away · 132k people
69Travel with care
15°Overcast
Open briefTowns 25 to 150 km away, the larger ones first, each with its own live conditions. Ranked by conditions, nearness and size. Distances are straight-line, so check the travel time. Places under a travel advisory are left out.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: April, September and October. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
8° -1°
Cold
About 61 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Cold | 8° / -1° | 61 mm | 59 |
| February | Cool | 11° / 2° | 78 mm | 66 |
| March | Wet | 16° / 6° | 130 mm | 74 |
| April | Wet | 22° / 12° | 161 mm | 81 |
| May | Wet | 26° / 16° | 191 mm | 77 |
| June | Wet | 28° / 20° | 237 mm | 68 |
| July | Wet | 30° / 23° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 144 mm |
| 75 |
| August | Wet | 30° / 22° | 126 mm | 79 |
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| September | Pleasant | 27° / 18° | 85 mm | 92 |
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| October | Pleasant | 22° / 12° | 77 mm | 93 |
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| November | Cool | 16° / 7° | 92 mm | 79 |
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| December | Cold | 10° / 0° | 56 mm | 66 |
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Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 6.67 CNY, as of 3 Nov 2026
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