Indoor activities in Shanghai

Rain happens, even on holiday. In Shanghai the indoor options on the local map come to 21 libraries and arts centres and 5 cinemas, and this page walks through them. No invented opening hours, just real places. When in doubt, call ahead. Shanghai spots tend to keep their own hours.

Libraries and arts centres in Shanghai

The civic indoor set: libraries and arts centres on the Shanghai map.

东区图书馆

光华轩

同济大学图书馆

同济大学德文图书馆

复旦大学理科图书馆

宝山图书馆

文科图书馆

曹光彪图书馆

李兆基图书馆

杨浦区图书馆

Showing 10 of 21 mapped.

Cinemas in Shanghai

The rainy-day fallback that never misses: named cinemas in Shanghai.

万达国际电影城

上海中影国际影城(海上世界CINITY LED店)

博纳国际影城

大光明丽星汇影城

寰映影城

A rainy-day plan for Shanghai

A route stitched from the actual listings above. Check opening hours with each venue before you commit.

东区图书馆
光华轩
同济大学图书馆
同济大学德文图书馆

That is a full wet-weather day in Shanghai without leaving the listings on this page. Venues set their own hours, so confirm before you set out.

About Shanghai

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (coordinates 31.26, 121.47, Dayfari covers about 25 km around the centre).

Sources for Shanghai: OpenStreetMap contributors plus local event listings, re-pulled daily. If a venue has opened or closed recently, give the map a week or two to catch up.

Common questions

What indoor activities does Shanghai have?

Museums, galleries, libraries, arts centres and cinemas from the OpenStreetMap extract for Shanghai: the reliably-indoors set. Anything else would be guessing about the weather.

Do you list opening hours for Shanghai venues?

We skip hours on purpose rather than risk stale ones. A quick check with the venue beats a wasted trip.

How current is this Shanghai listing?

Shanghai sources re-pull daily. Indoor venues are stable, but confirm anything time-sensitive with the venue.

Images: Photo: Fumihiko Ueno via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) · Photo: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · Photo: Aaron Zhu via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Photo: Hermann Luyken via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · Photo: Zossolino via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)