Nantong
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
南通: Qingqing Chen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nantong is a city in China, in Jiangsu. About 2.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 68th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 32.03° N, 120.87° E, about 6 m (20 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nantong. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nantong 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 -2°C (29°F). Around 1,146 mm (45 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
- Zhangjiagang · 37 km
- Changshu · 44 km
- Jiangyin · 59 km
- Kunshan · 73 km
- Wuxi · 75 km
- Jiading · 80 km
- Suzhou · 85 km
- Baoshan · 90 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1799722 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q57947 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 南通: Qingqing Chen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nantong Museum 2: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl. Please credit this with : © Peter Potrowl in the immediate vicinity of the, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
