Baotou
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Baotou, Inner Mongolia: Nickm57, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Baotou is a city in China, in Inner Mongolia. About 2.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 58th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 40.65° N, 109.84° E, about 1,064 m (3,491 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Baotou. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Baotou has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -17°C (2°F). Around 336 mm (13 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Lüliang · 365 km
- Taiyuan · 384 km
- Yinchuan · 386 km
- Jinzhong · 411 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2038432 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q569907 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Baotou, Inner Mongolia: Nickm57, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)