Yan’an Travel Guide

Yan’an Facts

Chinese Name: 延安市 (yán ān shì)

Location: Situated in Northern Shaanxi Province on the Loess Plateau, Yan’an overlooks the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the cradle of Chinese Civilization.

Population: 1.96 million

Area: 36,713 square kilometer (about 14,175 square miles)

Nationalities: Han

Area Code: 0911

Zip Code: 716000

Useful Telephone Numbers:

Municipal Government Hotline: 0911-2136000

Tourist Complaints: 0911-2122742

Tourist Inquiry: 0911-2138211, 0911-2317305

Public Bus Complaints: 0911-2497000

Taxi Complaints: 0911-2494344

Consumer Complaints: 0911-2336315

Attractions:

The city has as many as 140 revolutionary sites, including Wangjiaping Site, Yangjialing Site, Date Garden, Pagoda Hill, Nanniwan, etc. It has also a number of historical sites such as Huangdi Mausoleum, Zhongshan Grottoes as well as natural scenic spots including Hukou Waterfalls of the Yellow River, Fenghuang Hill and Wanhua Hill. There truly is something for everyone to see.

Date Garden

Hukou Waterfalls

Yangjialing

Yan’an Pagoda Hill

Huangdi Mausoleum

Recommended Tours

Hiking Adventures: Information about hiking in Yanan for your reference

Yan’an Tour: visit Baota Hill, Yangjialing Village, the Revolutionary History Museum, Hukou Waterfall.

How to Get to Yan’an

It used to be a poor city but, in recent years, it has seen great changes including economic advancement, especially the development of some tourism-related industries and infrastructure construction. As a result, transportation in the city is convenient today. It is easily accessible by air, train or coach. As well, buses and taxies facilitate easy transportation within the city.

Weather

Being of a temperate continental monsoon climate, Yan’an is an ideal place for you to visit all year round especially in summer.

Yan’an Climate - Seasons & Travel Advice

As an inland city located in the North Warm-Temperate Zone, Yan’an has a continental monsoon climate. Generally speaking, the weather is warm in Yan’an with an average annual temperature of 9.3C (about 48.7F) and comparatively dry with little annual rainfall of 500 to 800 mm, mainly concentrated in the summer months. Yan’an has an altitude between 800 and 1100 meters (about 2,625 and 3,609 feet), and as a consequence there is a huge difference between day-time and night-time temperatures, so some warm clothing is necessary when coping with the climate there. Typical of the loessial physiography of the area, there is a prevalence for wind-blown sand in the air and for comfort, glasses, a hat and a muffler should be packed.

Summer in Yan’an is free from extreme heat, so the weather of July, August and September is pleasant and comfortable for a leisurely holiday there. While the Yan'an caves are warm in winter but cool in summer and make excellent dwellings.

Additionally days around the Spring Festival are also suitable for traveling to Yan’an, especially on January 15th according to the lunar calendar known as the Lantern Festival. On this occasion, there will be certain tourist festivals, cultural activities and performances with distinctive local features, showing the folk customs and the art forms of Yan’an.