precipitation annually, as compared to in Xi'an, the provincial capital. The chance of sunshine days per month varies from twenty-six percent in November and December to fifty percent in August. Hanzong receives 1,569 hours of bright sunshine each year. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July. The annual mean is . Cityscape Transport Hanzhong's transport needs are served by the Hanzhong Chenggu Airport and Yangpingguan–Ankang Railway. Hanzhong Airport provides air access to Beijing, Xi'an, Shanghai and Shenzhen with daily flights to each. Hanzhong railway station lies in downtown Hanzhong, and is served by the Xi'an–Chengdu high-speed railway and Yangpingguan–Ankang railway lines. Hanzhong is also part of a national system of highways. It joins the G5 Beijing-Kunming expressway and the G7011 Shiyan-Hanzhong-Tianshui expressway. National Highway 108, China National Highway 316, China National Highway 210 and the provincial roads 211 and 309 constitute the developed traffic network of Hanzhong. Education At the end of 2012, Hanzhong had two hundred and seven middle schools and several centres of higher education. Shaanxi University of Technology Shaanxi Aviation Vocational College Shaanxi Institute of Aeronautical Technology Hanzhong Vocational Technical College Sights Hanzhong Museum Zhangqian Memorial Museum Baijiang Platform Ancient Hutou Bridge Qingmuchuan Ancient Town Liping National Forest Park See also Janssen Pharmaceutica References External links Hanzhong government website Hanzhong (China) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Prefecture-level divisions of Shaanxi Cities in Shaanxi