Chengdu
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
雪山下的成都市天际线 Chengdu skyline with snow capped mountains: FISU, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chengdu is a city in China, in Sichuan. About 20.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 30.67° N, 104.07° E, about 499 m (1,637 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Chengdu. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chengdu has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (32°F). Around 990 mm (39 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ChinaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Meishan · 73 km
- Mianyang · 107 km
- Neijiang · 153 km
- Zigong · 162 km
- Nanchong · 193 km
- Chongqing · 268 km
- Bazhong · 288 km
- Dazhou · 330 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1815286 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q30002 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 雪山下的成都市天际线 Chengdu skyline with snow capped mountains: FISU, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chengdu Global Center: FMoo, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 金沙遗址 Jinsha Site 2018: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chengdu Sports Center: Matt314, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Du Fu cao tang: User:唐戈, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chengdu Greenland Tower: Jackedi07, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chengdu 2012-03: DvYang, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Happy Valley Chengdu overview 6: Jeremy Thompson from United States of America, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 四川博物院: 历史研究, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
