Quanzhou
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
20230130 Old City of Quanzhou 01: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Quanzhou is a city in China, in Fujian. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 109th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 24.91° N, 118.59° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Quanzhou. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Quanzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 1,532 mm (60 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
- Jinjiang · 11 km
- Xiamen · 70 km
- Putian · 72 km
- Fuzhou · 147 km
- Longyan · 159 km
- Chaozhou · 242 km
- Shantou · 258 km
- Jieyang · 270 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1797353 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q68695 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 20230130 Old City of Quanzhou 01: Windmemories, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Laozi 002: Thanato, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Outside Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum: Siyuwj, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jinjiang Bridge 02 2019-10: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
