Qingdao
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
青岛湛山及太平山俯瞰 2018-10-10: Dan Nevill, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Qingdao is a city in China, in Shandong. About 7.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 21st largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 36.06° N, 120.38° E, about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Qingdao. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Qingdao has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (31°F). Around 730 mm (29 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
- Zhu Cheng City · 88 km
- Weifang · 135 km
- Yishui · 160 km
- Yantai · 183 km
- Lianyungang · 193 km
- Linyi · 214 km
- Zibo · 223 km
- Zaozhuang · 286 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1797929 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q170322 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 青岛湛山及太平山俯瞰 2018-10-10: Dan Nevill, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center: 风之清扬, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 51367-Qingdao (xiquinhosilva) - Flickr: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Guoxin Stadium PANO: K.Y.K.Z.K., CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 青岛国际金融中心 调整后版本: TSVC1190, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Diederichsstein Tsingtau 05: Verlag von Dr. Trenkler & Co., Leipzig-St. Ser. VI, 4., Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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