Before you read on
- When you race
- 20–22 November 2026
- How many nights to book
- 3 nights
- Who this race suits
- A Metro stop at the door and the best month of the year in a great food city.
- Nearest airport to the venue
- Guangzhou Baiyun International (CAN), No published transfer time to this address
- Cost for the weekend
- CNY 240 (USD 33) per person, Flights, rooms and race entry.
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Should you race here?
A Metro stop at the door, in the one month of the year this city is comfortable to be outside in.
Reasons to
- Pazhou on Metro line 8 is next to the building.
- November is the best month here: 25°C (76°F) by day and 67% humidity.
- An ordinary meal is about CNY 30, and this is one of the great food cities.
- Only 35mm of rain across the month, on about five days.
Reasons not to
- No airport transfer time or fare is published for this address, so the journey in is unplanned.
- Hyrox's own page and the Chinese ticketing page disagree on the race dates.
- No hotel rate near the venue was reachable, so the cost of the weekend is harder to pin down.
Conditions on the day
Simplove HYROX Guangzhou runs November 20th, 2026 to November 22nd, 2026 at Poly World Trade Center Expo. Here is what that specific window is like on the ground.
The catch
Warm, not humid, and the best weather of the year
25°C (76°F) by day, 16°C (61°F) at night
Guangzhou in late November
- The November average reaches 25°C (76°F) by day and falls to 16°C (61°F) at night.
- Humidity sits at 67%, far below the 80s this city runs in summer.
- Only 35mm of rain falls across the month, on about five days.
- Daylight runs 06:44 to 17:41, just under eleven hours.
- Daylight
- Dark
- Bar height is temperature
What racing here is like
Your race is here
Poly World Trade Center Expo
November 20th, 2026
Simplove HYROX Guangzhou
- Everything below describes this building first, and the other for comparison
The venue at a glance
- Address
- No. 1000 Xinggang East Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou
- Nearest station
- Pazhou on Metro line 8, next to the building (at the venue)
- Parking
- The venue has paid parking. No day rate is published on its pages.
- From the nearest hotel
- 5 to 15 min from Hotels in Pazhou
- Altitude
- 22m above sea level, low enough to make no difference to your race.
- Bag drop
- Hyrox has not published the bag drop arrangement for Guangzhou.
- Supporters
- Hyrox has not published spectator ticketing for Guangzhou.
Guangzhou has moved building, moved season, and grown from a single day into the best part of a week. Where you race, and when, changes the day more than most people expect.
Poly World Trade Center Expo, your race is in this building
Six exhibition halls in Pazhou, the convention quarter on the south bank of the Pearl River, with a Metro station next door.
Known for. Trade fairs. Pazhou is where Guangzhou puts its exhibitions, and the Canton Fair complex is along the same road.
The building. Pazhou was farmland and river island until the 2000s, when the city moved its fair grounds across the water and built the district around them.
Race day and start times
The thing that shapes your travel is not the race date. It is when you find out what time you are racing on it.
Hyrox links individual start times on the event page a few days before the race. A provisional schedule goes up earlier.
What to bring
At the venue, and only on the day you compete. Registration opens 90 minutes before the first wave of your division.
You do not bring a chip. You collect the ankle strap at check-in, wear it for the race, and hand it back after the line.
What your wristband does not cover
You are given a wristband at check-in. Hyrox has not published what the Guangzhou one admits you to. Check-in is open only on the day you race, so do not assume it covers a second day.
Getting there on the morning
Metro line 8 to Pazhou, next to the building. The Guangzhou Metro starts around six, which covers the early waves.
What you need to book
Before you book
Book flights and the last night around the provisional schedule, and confirm which of the disputed dates your division falls on.
If Hyrox cancels or postpones the event, its terms do not cover your flights or your room. Check the cancellation deadline on both before you pay for either.
Flying into the city
Hong Kong and Shenzhen are both close by high-speed rail, which can be cheaper on a long-haul ticket.
Search flights to GuangzhouBy train
Check train times and faresSomewhere to stay
The closest beds go first, and those are the ones that matter on race morning.
Compare hotels near the venueSomething to do with the rest of the weekend
Most people fly in for one race and see nothing. The day before is dead time if you do not plan it.
Tours and tickets in GuangzhouSomewhere to put your bag
Flying out the same evening? This is the difference between a good afternoon and hauling a kit bag around a city.
Left luggage in GuangzhouYour entry
Sold by Hyrox, one ticket per division per day. We earn nothing from this link and include it because you need it.
Official Hyrox entriesEstimate weekend cost
| Item | Local currency | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Eating, three days | CNY 180 | $25 |
| Travel, a day ticket each day | CNY 60 | $8 |
| One athlete plus one supporter | CNY 240 | $33 |
Getting to Guangzhou
Guangzhou Baiyun International is the airport, and Pazhou is on Metro line 8 on the south bank.
Metro line 8 to Pazhou
The station is next to the building, so the last part of the journey is a walk of a few minutes. A day ticket is CNY 20 and covers everything.
From Baiyun airport
The Metro reaches the airport, but no source published a verified route time or fare to this address. Check a live route rather than trusting an estimate.
Entry requirements
Quick tip
No source publishes a verified airport transfer time to this address, so plan the journey on a live map rather than on an estimate.
Getting to the venue
Haizhu is the venue's own district and Pazhou is its convention end. Tianhe across the river is the modern centre, Yuexiu the old one.
Metro line 8 stops at Pazhou next to the building, and a day ticket is CNY 20 against CNY 2 to 7 a journey. No source published a verified airport transfer time or fare to this address, so allow more than you think and check a route on the day.
Where to stay
The venue is in Pazhou, the convention end of Haizhu district on the south bank. Tianhe and Yuexiu are across the river.
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1. Hotels in Pazhou
The venue's own quarter, built around the fair grounds and full of conference hotels. Quiet outside exhibition weeks.
2. Hotels in Tianhe
The modern centre: towers, malls and the opera house. More to eat and more to do than Pazhou.
3. Hotels in Yuexiu
The historic centre, with the parks and the markets. Cheaper than Tianhe and more interesting to walk.
Pazhou prices move with the exhibition calendar rather than with the city. The auto show opens the week after this race, so book before rates lift for it.
Neighbourhoods worth the commute
Guangzhou sits either side of the Pearl River, with the venue on the south bank and most of the city on the north.
| Area | To the venue | Why | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pazhou | 5 to 15 min on foot | The convention quarter of Haizhu district, built around the exhibition halls. Functional, quiet and next to the race. | |
| Haizhu | 10 to 20 min by Metro | The wider island district, with riverfront walks and ordinary neighbourhoods behind the fair grounds. | |
| Tianhe | about 20 min by Metro | Zhujiang New Town and the financial towers, with the opera house, the malls and the best of the new restaurants. | |
| Yuexiu | about 25 min by Metro | The historic centre: Yuexiu Park, the old markets and the city's oldest streets. | |
| Liwan | about 30 min by Metro | The traditional west, where the Cantonese food is. Shamian Island and the old teahouses are here. |
Eating before and after
The night before a race is not the night for the best meal of your trip, which is harder discipline than it sounds in a city this good at food.
Around the exhibition halls
Pazhou's hotels and malls feed the fair crowds, so there is plain rice and noodles within a few minutes of the venue. No source names a specific place with a price, so pick by the queue.
Zhujiang New Town
Twenty minutes across the river, with a floor of restaurants under most of the towers. Easy, air-conditioned and reliably open late.
This is the home of Cantonese cooking, which means dim sum in the morning and roast goose in the evening.
Dim sum at Tao Tao Ju
An 1880s teahouse in Liwan that still does morning tea properly. Har gow, siu mai and barbecue pork buns, ordered off a card and brought as they are steamed.
Roast goose
Crisp skin, a dark sweet glaze and a plum sauce on the side. The Cantonese dish worth crossing the city for, and the one to have after you race rather than before.
Race day supplies
The practical failures that spoil a race weekend are almost never the training. They are forgetting the gels, or carrying a kit bag around a city for six hours.
Pack list
- Light clothing. It reaches 25°C (76°F) by day even in late November.
- Something warmer for the evening, when it drops to 16°C (61°F).
- A payment app that works in China. Cash and foreign cards are awkward in small places.
Quick tips
- Buy a Metro day ticket at CNY 20 rather than singles at CNY 2 to 7.
- The auto show fills Pazhou from 27 November. Book your room before rates move for it.
Pazhou has convenience stores and supermarkets in the malls around the halls. Mobile payment is the norm and some small places take nothing else, so set one up before you travel.
The last race in Guangzhou
No previous Guangzhou edition could be confirmed from any published source, so there is no local form to pass on.
What happened
The last edition, in short.
- Pazhou station on Metro line 8 is next to the building.
- The venue has six halls, so check which one before you choose a door.
What it means for you
How your race differs from that one.
- Hyrox's own page lists 21 to 22 November and the Chinese ticketing page lists 20 to 22. Confirm your division's day before booking.
- A Metro day ticket is CNY 20 against CNY 2 to 7 a journey.
What else is on that weekend
A busy exhibition month in the city, though nothing lands on the race days themselves.
| What | When | Where | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guangdong International Sports Goods Expo | 13 to 17 November | Guangdong Olympic Sports Center | Finishes before the race weekend, at a different venue across the city. |
| Deutsche Grammophon music festival | 15 to 18 November | Xinghai Concert Hall | Over before you arrive, and on the north bank rather than at Pazhou. |
| Moulin Rouge at the opera house | 17 November to 6 December | Guangzhou Opera House, Zhujiang New Town | Running across the race weekend, ten minutes away in Tianhe. Something to do on the Saturday night. |
| Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition | 27 November to 6 December | Canton Fair Complex, Pazhou | The big one for Pazhou hotels, and it starts a week after the race. Book before it opens and you avoid it. |
What to see
Written for someone racing tomorrow, not a tourist with a week. Each entry says how far it is, because some of these are worth a longer trip and some are not.
The Canton Tower
A 600-metre twisted lattice on the south bank, lit up every night and visible from most of the city. The observation decks are open until half past ten.
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall
An 1894 clan temple in Liwan, now the folk art museum, covered in carved wood, stone and ceramic ridge figures. The best single building in the city.
Shamian Island
A sandbank the size of a few streets, leased to Britain and France in the 1860s and still lined with their buildings under old banyans. Flat, quiet and free to walk.
Yuexiu Park
The big central park, with the Five Rams statue that is the city's emblem and a surviving stretch of the Ming city wall. Open from six in the morning.
What to do
Baiyun Mountain
The hill on the city's north edge, with paths up through the trees and the whole delta laid out at the top. Two to three hours at a walk.
A morning along the Pearl River
The south bank path runs from Pazhou towards the Canton Tower, flat and continuous. The obvious shake-out run from a hotel near the venue.
Foshan for half a day
The neighbouring city, reachable on the Guangfo Metro, with the Ancestral Temple and the Wong Fei-hung martial arts hall. A real change of scene for CNY 7 each way.
Morning tea in Liwan
Yum cha is the local institution and it happens early. Trolleys, small plates and a lot of noise, finishing before most people have started their day.
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Last updated November 7th, 2026.