Kaifeng
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
鼓楼夜市 - panoramio (1): caoyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Kaifeng is a city in China, in Henan. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 113th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 34.80° N, 114.31° E, about 76 m (249 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kaifeng. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kaifeng has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 650 mm (26 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
- Zhengzhou · 60 km
- Xinxiang · 63 km
- Xuchang · 94 km
- Heze · 117 km
- Shangqiu · 130 km
- Luohe · 138 km
- Anyang · 144 km
- Bozhou · 168 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1804879 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q208471 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 鼓楼夜市 - panoramio (1): caoyuan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)