Huizhou
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Huizhou montage: 惠州轨道交通, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Huizhou is a city in China, in Guangdong. About 2.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 56th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 23.11° N, 114.42° E, about 25 m (82 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Huizhou. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Huizhou 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 8°C (47°F). Around 1,491 mm (59 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
- Dongguan · 69 km
- Shenzhen · 72 km
- Bao'an · 83 km
- Guangzhou · 119 km
- Zhongshan · 124 km
- Zhuhai · 127 km
- Foshan · 131 km
- Jiangmen · 148 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1806776 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q59173 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Huizhou montage: 惠州轨道交通, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- West Lake in Huizhou: Chintunglee, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
