Yinchuan
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Yinchuan Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yinchuan is a city in China, in Ningxia. About 2.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 57th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 38.47° N, 106.27° E, about 1,117 m (3,665 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Yinchuan. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yinchuan has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -13°C (9°F). Around 216 mm (9 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
- Wuzhong · 54 km
- Zhongwei · 142 km
- Bayan Nur · 270 km
- Wuwei · 322 km
- Qingyang · 329 km
- Ordos · 330 km
- Lanzhou · 341 km
- Baotou · 394 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1786657 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q211243 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Yinchuan Montage: Montage by Lzy881114, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ningxia Provincial Museum, Yinchuan: Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D., CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
