Dongguan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Dongguan montage: ASDFGH (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Dongguan is a city in China, in Guangdong. About 9.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 23.02° N, 113.75° E, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Dongguan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Dongguan has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 9°C (47°F). Around 1,635 mm (64 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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
- Guangzhou · 52 km
- Bao'an · 53 km
- Shenzhen · 62 km
- Foshan · 63 km
- Zhongshan · 67 km
- Huizhou · 69 km
- Jiangmen · 83 km
- Zhuhai · 84 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1812545 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q59218 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Dongguan montage: ASDFGH (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 東莞國際貿易中心-2022: David290, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- DONGGUAN FINANCIAL CENTER: Archimusic, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 东莞植物园3: Mx. Granger, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
