Dalian
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dalian Skyline Enhanced: Michael Saechang, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dalian is a city in China, in Liaoning. About 7.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 19th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 38.91° N, 121.60° E, about 33 m (108 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Dalian. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dalian has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 26°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (25°F). Around 669 mm (26 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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
- Yantai · 160 km
- Jinzhou · 247 km
- Panjin · 249 km
- Anshan · 273 km
- Tangshan · 306 km
- Weifang · 326 km
- Qingdao · 333 km
- Shenyang · 357 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1814087 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q74881 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dalian Skyline Enhanced: Michael Saechang, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dalian Eton Center: Jesse, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dalian International Trade Center, Aug2018 (cropped): xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Xinghai Square : HSJ233, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dalian People's Stadium: Erycius, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Dalian Greenland Center: Jackedi07, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bank of China, Zhangshan Square, Dalian: Paul Louis, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zhongshan Square, Aug2018 (cropped): xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 大連市政府前の広場 - panoramio: koorogi 8, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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