Ürümqi
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Urumqi Skyline July 2019: Albertaont, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ürümqi is a city in China, in Xinjiang. About 4.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 40th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 43.80° N, 87.60° E, about 862 m (2,828 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Urumqi time zone.
Location
Red dot: Ürümqi. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ürümqi has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -11°C (12°F). Around 286 mm (11 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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
- Wuwei · 1,369 km
- Xining · 1,386 km
- Lanzhou · 1,559 km
- Zhongwei · 1,573 km
- Yinchuan · 1,609 km
- Bayan Nur · 1,621 km
- Wuzhong · 1,624 km
- Tianshui · 1,778 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1529102 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q16959 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Urumqi Skyline July 2019: Albertaont, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Xinjiang museum urumqi 2006: Rolf Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 新疆体育中心: HaziiDozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- People's Square of Urumqi 1: Ccyber5, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Urumqi Hong Shan park: Radosław Botev, CC BY 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons)
