Xi’an
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
西安钟楼2020 (1): ScareCriterion12, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Xi’an is a city in China, in Shaanxi. About 13.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 34.26° N, 108.93° E, about 416 m (1,365 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Xi’an. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Xi’an has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (23°F). Around 694 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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
- Xianyang · 23 km
- Weinan · 60 km
- Baoji · 156 km
- Qingyang · 200 km
- Hanzhong · 219 km
- Shiyan · 246 km
- Tianshui · 294 km
- Luoyang · 325 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1790630 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q5826 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- Epang-Palast: Yuan Yao, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Daming Palace National Heritage Park - Danfeng Gate 01: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 碑林 陕西体育场: Liuxingy, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Tang West Market Museum 02 2011-07: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Xi'an Museum: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
