Zigong
City in China: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ziliujing, Zigong, Sichuan, China - panoramio (2): liuzusai刘祖赛, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Zigong is a city in China, in Sichuan. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 139th largest city of China in our atlas.
It lies at 29.34° N, 104.78° E, about 306 m (1,004 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Shanghai time zone.
Location
Red dot: Zigong. Green dots: other major cities of China. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zigong has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 1°C (34°F). Around 1,054 mm (41 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
- Neijiang · 39 km
- Meishan · 120 km
- Chengdu · 162 km
- Chongqing · 174 km
- Nanchong · 205 km
- Bijie · 232 km
- Mianyang · 236 km
- Zunyi · 276 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1783745 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q29015 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ziliujing, Zigong, Sichuan, China - panoramio (2): liuzusai刘祖赛, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 自贡西秦会馆03: 寻森, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
