Sham Shui Po
City in Hong Kong: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
HK Sham Shui Po 2009: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sham Shui Po is a city in Hong Kong, in Sham Shui Po District. About 431,090 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Hong Kong in our atlas.
It lies at 22.33° N, 114.16° E, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Hong_Kong time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sham Shui Po. Green dots: other major cities of Hong Kong. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sham Shui Po has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,400 mm (55 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 Hong KongNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1818953 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1185317 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- HK Sham Shui Po 2009: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- International Commerce Centre 200911: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hong Kong Museum of Art renovation site 201908: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lionrock: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mong Kok Stadium all three stands: Ngchikit, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HarbourfrontLandmark 20070724 public: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 13-08-08-hongkong-by-RalfR-095: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jockey Club Innovation Tower, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, August 2013: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 2024年10月-啟德體育園: 建園春秋, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
