Yantai
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Yantai2017: HaoLinFotos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yantai is a city in China, in Shandong. About 7.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 22nd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 37.48° N, 121.44° E, about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Yantai. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yantai has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (24°F). Around 706 mm (28 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
- Dalian · 160 km
- Qingdao · 182 km
- Weifang · 223 km
- Zhu Cheng City · 243 km
- Zibo · 307 km
- Yishui · 311 km
- Tangshan · 374 km
- Lianyungang · 375 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1787093 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q210493 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Yantai2017: HaoLinFotos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)