Yinchuan

Yinchuan is a prefecture‑level city and the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China. It served as the imperial capital of the Tangut‑led Western Xia (1038–1227). Wikipedia

Population 2,859,074 (Wikidata)

Photo · Commons

Before you go

Visas and entry What your passport needs for China
Daylight 9 h 30 in Dec, dark by 17:35 · 14 h 50 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 46 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 45 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 11 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 15 of daylight
  6. June: 14 h 50 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 36 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 42 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 29 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 15 of daylight
  11. November: 10 h 07 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 30 of daylight

Getting there

Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.

Through the year

  1. Motorcycle Tourist Festival

    June

    Official site

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

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

Want picks in Yinchuan that suit you? Ask your travel assistant, free with an account. Something wrong or missing on this page? Tell me

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