Xining
Xining is the capital and most populous city of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. As of the 2020 census, it had 2,467,965 inhabitants, of whom 1,954,795 lived in the built-up area made of 5 urban districts. Wikipedia
Population 2,467,965 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in China
Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 9 h 41 in Dec, dark by 15:58 · 14 h 39 in Jun
- January: 9 h 55 of daylight
- February: 10 h 51 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 06 of daylight
- May: 14 h 06 of daylight
- June: 14 h 39 of daylight
- July: 14 h 26 of daylight
- August: 13 h 35 of daylight
- September: 12 h 27 of daylight
- October: 11 h 18 of daylight
- November: 10 h 15 of daylight
- December: 9 h 41 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guideWithin 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.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.