Xining
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Xining Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Xining is a city in China, in Qinghai. About 2.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 65th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 36.63° N, 101.76° E, about 2,275 m (7,464 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Xining. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Xining has a continental (warm summer, dry winter) climate (Köppen Dwb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -15°C (5°F). Around 504 mm (20 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
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 · 164 km
- Lanzhou · 196 km
- Zhongwei · 321 km
- Tianshui · 421 km
- Wuzhong · 424 km
- Yinchuan · 451 km
- Qingyang · 534 km
- Baoji · 549 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1788852 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q69060 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Xining Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Xining People's Park (20011014): Mintchocicecream at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
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