Foshan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Century Lotus Sports Center & Fangta seen from Dongping Bridge: 钉钉, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Foshan is a city in China, in Guangdong. About 9.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 17th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 23.03° N, 113.13° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Foshan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Foshan has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (47°F). Around 1,729 mm (68 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 · 16 km
- Jiangmen · 49 km
- Zhongshan · 61 km
- Dongguan · 63 km
- Zhaoqing · 69 km
- Qingyuan · 75 km
- Bao'an · 93 km
- Zhuhai · 94 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1811103 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34412 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Century Lotus Sports Center & Fangta seen from Dongping Bridge: 钉钉, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Century Lotus Stadium: Alexchen4836, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center: Alexchen4836, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ancient Nanfeng Kiln: xiquinhosilva, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
