Taiyuan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Taiyuan is a city in China, in Shanxi. About 5.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 30th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 37.87° N, 112.56° E, about 795 m (2,608 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Taiyuan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Taiyuan has a continental (hot summer, dry winter) climate (Köppen Dwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -13°C (8°F). Around 486 mm (19 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
- Jinzhong · 27 km
- Lüliang · 130 km
- Shijiazhuang · 169 km
- Changzhi · 193 km
- Handan · 219 km
- Anyang · 253 km
- Datong · 255 km
- Baoding · 278 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1793511 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q72778 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Shanxi Museum 20110719: Roland Longbow, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
