Yangzhou
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
The Five Pavilion bridge: Gisling, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yangzhou is a city in China, in Jiangsu. About 4.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 33rd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 32.40° N, 119.44° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Yangzhou. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yangzhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -3°C (27°F). Around 1,117 mm (44 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
- Taizhou · 45 km
- Nanjing · 72 km
- Changzhou · 85 km
- Jiangyin · 94 km
- Zhangjiagang · 119 km
- Yixing · 121 km
- Wuxi · 122 km
- Yancheng · 126 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1787227 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q57906 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- The Five Pavilion bridge: Gisling, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yangzhou-Double-Museum-2869: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Xu Garden: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- China Grand Canal Museum: FoolPiasar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
