Pingdingshan

Population 4,987,137 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in China

Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 9 h 56 in Dec, dark by 17:19 · 14 h 23 in Jun
  1. January: 10 h 09 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 58 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 56 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h of daylight
  5. May: 13 h 54 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 23 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 12 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 26 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 25 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 23 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 26 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 56 of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Yao Mountain Ice and Snow Festival

    January, February, December

  2. Yao Mountain Highland Rhododendron Festival

    April

    In spring, rhododendrons bloom in a sea of flowers, with pink, red, and purple intertwining across the mountains.

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Pingdingshan); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • 开源商贸城

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    660 m from the centre

  • 火车站综合市场

    No hours mapped

    1.7 km from the centre

  • 王庄综合市场

    No hours mapped

    1.9 km from the centre

  • 西苑综合市场

    No hours mapped

    2.1 km from the centre

  • 沁园综合市场

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    2.7 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: 二矿 2.2 km, 申西 3.1 km, 柏楼 3.7 km, 七矿 4.3 km, 三矿 4.3 km, 田庄 5.3 km, 荆山 5.7 km

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.