Wuhan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
武汉黄鹤楼俯瞰: 螺钉, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Wuhan is a city in China, in Hubei. About 13.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 30.58° N, 114.27° E, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Wuhan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Wuhan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 0°C (32°F). Around 1,332 mm (52 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
- Xinyang · 172 km
- Jiujiang · 192 km
- Jingzhou · 200 km
- Lu’an · 250 km
- Xiangyang · 259 km
- Nanchang · 260 km
- Guankou · 276 km
- Yichang · 285 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1791247 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11746 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 武汉黄鹤楼俯瞰: 螺钉, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Minsheng Bank Tower, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.R.China: Alex Needham, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wuhan Greenland Center: Aangkianghai, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wuhan Center Tower 201901 （view from the Central Square of Wuhan CBD）: Wuchernchau, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Wuhan World Trade Tower: ZhengZhou, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ostsee Wuhan 3: gugganij, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jiali Building: Howchou, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
