Guankou: facts

At a glance

• Country: China
• Region: Hunan
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 1,380,000
• Coordinates: 28.1586° N, 113.6271° E
• Time zone: Asia/Shanghai (UTC+08:00)
• Currency: Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
• Distance to the capital, Beijing: 1,331 km (827 mi), straight line

Climate

• Warmest month: August, average high 34 °C (93 °F), low 25 °C (78 °F)
• Coldest month: January, average high 11 °C (52 °F), low 3 °C (38 °F)
• Wettest month: June, 314 mm (12.4 in) of precipitation
• Driest month: December, 43 mm (1.7 in)
• Annual precipitation: 1,759 mm (69 in)

Source: open-meteo-archive, 2016-2025 averages

Getting there

• Changsha Huanghua International Airport (CSX): 40 km (25 mi), straight line
• Yichun Mingyueshan Airport (YIC): 78 km (48 mi), straight line
• Yueyang Sanhe Airport (YYA): 133 km (82 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Shangli: 35 km (22 mi)
• Cihua: 43 km (26 mi)
• Heshikou: 43 km (27 mi)
• Huangmao: 44 km (27 mi)
• Tiantaishan: 48 km (30 mi)