See here the most accurate Shanghai 10-day weather forecast. Located on China's central eastern coast, Shanghai (上海) is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Shanghai is administratively equal to a province and is divided into 18 county-level divisions: 17 districts and one county. Shanghai has two commercial airports: Hongqiao and Pudong. Shanghai is split in two by the Huangpu River with Puxi, the older city center, on the west bank and Pudong, the modern and ever-expanding area, on the east side. Today, Shanghai is the largest center of commerce in China mainland.

The Shanghai Maglev Train (pinyin: cixuanfu) is the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world. The system and trains were built to the Transrapid standard. Construction began in March 2001 and public service started on 1 January 2004. During a test run on 12 November 2003, a maglev vehicle achieved a Chinese record speed of 501 km/h (311 mph). Instead of having wheels like regular trains, the maglev train floats on a magnetic cushion between the vehicle and track, and is held on the tracks by electromagnetic pull. At present, the line runs from Longyang Road station to Pudong International Airport. The journey takes 7 minutes and 20 seconds to complete the distance of 30 km. The Maglev can reach a maximum normal operation speed of 431 km/h (268 mph).