Enjoying a temperate monsoon climate, the area has four distinct seasons. It is windy and lacking in rainfall in the spring.

Heat and torrid temperatures, along with the rainfall, are mainly concentrated in the summer.

Autumn is cool and short.

Winter is long, cold and windy.

Yong'an Airport is 13 kilometers (about 8 miles) from the downtown area and it can be reached in forty minutes from there. Every week, there will be one flight a day flying to Beijing and four flights in total to the Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.

There are two tourist bus lines leaving at 08:00, 09:00 and 10:00 in the morning. One departs in front of the gate of the city's public bus company in the East City Zone, passing the city's government office, Qingfenghu Lake and finally getting to the Swan Lake. The other bus line leaves from the railway station. It is advised to wait in the pick-up point ten minutes a head of time. Furthermore, from the Shengli Oil Field passenger transport central station in Xisi Lu, a special line to the Swan Lake departs around 08:20 in the morning and back in the afternoon.  

 located six kilometers (nine miles) to the east of city proper. Originally, it was called Guangnan Reservoir. It provides fresh water resource to Shengli Oil Field and the local people. Covering an area of 3000 hectares (24 square miles), it has now been developed into a large aqua park eight times the size of the West Lake area and combines sightseeing, vacation and entertainment. Located in the Yellow River delta, it has rich bird's resources and fishery resources.