Course & Elevation
The Hangzhou Half Marathon is the 21.0975 km race held alongside the full marathon at the Hangzhou Marathon, the city's big autumn road race, which takes place on a Sunday in early November. The event traces back to 1987, when the first West Lake Osmanthus Marathon and Friendly West Lake Marathon were held, and the Zhejiang sports authorities record that a standard half marathon was added in 1989 and a full marathon in 1992. In 2026 the title sponsor is Geely. The race starts at 7:00am on Huanglong Road by the Huanglong Sports Centre, with 14,000 places in the half marathon and 22,000 in the marathon. The published half marathon route runs from Huanglong Road through Shuguang Road, Baochu Road, Beishan Street and Yanggong Causeway, then Hupao Road and Zhijiang Road, and finishes at the Citizens' Square; the full marathon takes a longer route to the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. Places are allocated by lottery: in 2025 the Hangzhou Marathon received 200,778 registrations in total, 108,521 of them for the half marathon. A separate West Lake Half Marathon is run in March.
Course Facts
Weather
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
13°C
Temperature
75%
Humidity
35%
Rain Chance
Early November in Hangzhou is cool and damp: highs average about 18°C and lows about 10°C, with humidity near 75% and some rain on roughly ten days of the month.
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