Heshan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Heshan is a city in China, in Hunan. About 1.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 142nd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 28.57° N, 112.35° E, about 73 m (240 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Heshan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Heshan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). 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 1,442 mm (57 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
- Changsha · 73 km
- Changde · 81 km
- Zhuzhou · 113 km
- Guankou · 133 km
- Hengyang · 188 km
- Jingzhou · 198 km
- Yichun · 216 km
- Yongzhou · 249 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1808316 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q28798915 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Yiyang Stadium, Hunan, China 2012-04-14 10.56.37: Gareth Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
