Zhaoqing
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
GD Guangdong Starlake Pearl Hotel Duanzhou Zhaoqing 03 view July-2012: Swiscrevolve, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Zhaoqing is a city in China, in Guangdong. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 102nd largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 23.05° N, 112.46° 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: Zhaoqing. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zhaoqing has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 7°C (45°F). Around 1,728 mm (68 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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
- Yunfu · 45 km
- Foshan · 69 km
- Guangzhou · 81 km
- Jiangmen · 82 km
- Qingyuan · 93 km
- Zhongshan · 110 km
- Dongguan · 132 km
- Zhuhai · 142 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1784853 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q59164 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- GD Guangdong Starlake Pearl Hotel Duanzhou Zhaoqing 03 view July-2012: Swiscrevolve, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Zhaoqing Qixing Yan 2013.10.13 11-56-53: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
