Nanchang
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Nanchang is a city in China, in Jiangxi. About 2.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 66th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 28.68° N, 115.85° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nanchang. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nanchang has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (33°F). Around 1,698 mm (67 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
- Fuzhou · 93 km
- Jiujiang · 114 km
- Yichun · 170 km
- Shangrao · 205 km
- Guankou · 224 km
- Wuhan · 261 km
- Zhuzhou · 280 km
- Changsha · 286 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1800163 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q28794779 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Pavilion of Prince Teng 3: No machine-readable author provided. BetacommandBot assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
