Longyan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
莲花山看龙岩 - Longyan City Viewed from Lotus Mountain - 2016.09 - panoramio: rheins, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Longyan is a city in China, in Fujian. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 175th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 25.07° N, 117.02° E, about 318 m (1,043 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Longyan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Longyan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (38°F). Around 1,637 mm (64 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.
What to eat in ChinaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Xiamen · 126 km
- Quanzhou · 159 km
- Jinjiang · 159 km
- Chaozhou · 163 km
- Jieyang · 182 km
- Shantou · 194 km
- Putian · 204 km
- Puning · 214 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1802276 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q68862 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 莲花山看龙岩 - Longyan City Viewed from Lotus Mountain - 2016.09 - panoramio: rheins, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)