Climate

Shanghai has a humid subtropical climate. Spring can feature lengthy periods of cloudy and rainy weather. Summer temperatures often get over 35°C (95°F) with very high humidity, which means that you will perspire a lot and should take lots of changes of clothing or plan on shopping for clothing during the visit.Autumn is generally mild with warm and sunny weather.During winter, temperatures rarely rise above 10°C (50°F) during the day and often fall below 0°C (32°F) at night. Snowfall is rare, typically only occurring only once every few years

Things to see and do

Where to go in Shanghai depends largely on available time and your interests. For the areas with most of the main tourist attractions see the Downtown and Pudong sections above and the district articles they link to.

Many of Shanghai’s main tourist sights are in Huangpu District:

• The Old City is the original Chinese city going back about 1000 years, now a major tourist area. The center of that area is Yuyuan Gardens.
• The International Settlement was built North and West of the Old City, starting in the 1840s. In colonial-period Western books, “Shanghai” means that settlement.

• Nanjing Roadwas the main street of the old British Concession; today it is a major upmarket shopping street.
• There are water townsin the Western suburbs, popular with both Shanghai residents and visitors. They are quite scenic with canals as the main method of transport and many traditional-style bridges and buildings.