Abstract: Based on the data of Xianning city released by six national meteorological stations from 1960 to 2013, the spatial and temporal variation characteristics of the human comfort index and holiday climate index in Xianning city were analyzed. The results showed that the human comfort of Xianning city was centered in Xianning city, and gradually increased to the northwest, southwest and southeast, generally tending to be the most comfortable. People felt from cool to most comfortable in spring and autumn, from warm to hot in summer, and slightly cold in winter. People felt most comfortable in April, May, September and October, felt too hot in July and August, and felt very cold in January. In addition to June and July, most of the time was suitable for vacation, especially in spring and autumn, in which October was particularly suitable. In April, May, September, and November people felt very suitable; among the influencing factors of the holiday climate indexes, the effective temperature contributed the most in January, May, June and November, and the daily precipitation contributed the most in February, March, October, November and December. The cloud coverage score had little difference, and the wind speed had no difference in the whole city.

Key words: ecotourism, human comfort index, holiday climate index, impact factors, Xianning city