Hohhot
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hohhot Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Hohhot is a city in China, in Inner Mongolia. About 3.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 47th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 40.81° N, 111.65° E, about 1,051 m (3,448 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Hohhot. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hohhot has a continental (warm summer, dry winter) climate (Köppen Dwb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -19°C (-2°F). Around 371 mm (15 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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
- Baotou · 153 km
- Datong · 159 km
- Ordos · 206 km
- Taiyuan · 335 km
- Bayan Nur · 359 km
- Jinzhong · 359 km
- Lüliang · 368 km
- Baoding · 386 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2036892 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q535534 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hohhot Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Inner Mongolia Museum: Mongol, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HohhotStadium: CurtNeiMeng, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
