Zhanjiang
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Zhanjiang - Renmin Dadao - P1580452: User:Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Zhanjiang is a city in China, in Guangdong. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 122nd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 21.23° N, 110.39° E, about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Zhanjiang. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zhanjiang has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 15°C (60°F). Around 1,856 mm (73 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
- Lianjiang · 47 km
- Maoming · 73 km
- Haikou · 133 km
- Xinyi · 139 km
- Yulin · 157 km
- Yangjiang · 177 km
- Qinzhou · 198 km
- Guigang · 224 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1784990 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q59144 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Zhanjiang - Renmin Dadao - P1580452: User:Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zhanjiang Bay Bridge 2008: WabbitWanderer from London, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
