Sanya
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Hainan Sanya 1: Alex Kwok, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sanya is a city in China, in Hainan. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 173rd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 18.25° N, 109.51° E, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sanya. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sanya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (58°F). Around 1,930 mm (76 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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
- Haikou · 216 km
- Zhanjiang · 343 km
- Lianjiang · 385 km
- Maoming · 407 km
- Qinzhou · 424 km
- Yangjiang · 476 km
- Xinyi · 482 km
- Yulin · 490 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1796556 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q319804 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hainan Sanya 1: Alex Kwok, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sanya 20150405 081829: Qa003qa003, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
