Guiyang
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Guiyang montage 2019: Akira CA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Guiyang is a city in China, in Guizhou. About 4.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 35th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 26.58° N, 106.72° E, about 1,087 m (3,566 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Guiyang. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Guiyang has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (80°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (31°F). Around 1,182 mm (47 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
- Zunyi · 124 km
- Bijie · 163 km
- Liupanshui · 187 km
- Qujing · 316 km
- Chongqing · 331 km
- Zigong · 362 km
- Liuzhou · 366 km
- Neijiang · 371 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1809461 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q192271 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Guiyang montage 2019: Akira CA, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guiyang Olympic Sports Center: Waka77, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Twin Towers Guiyang, June2018: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 黔灵山: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
