Hebei · China
Baoding travel guide
Baoding is a city in Hebei, China, home to about 11,544,000 people.
- Best months
- April, May, September and October
- Nearest airport
- SJW95 km · Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Language
- Chinese, Putonghua, Standard Chinese
About
About Baoding
Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) southwest of Beijing. As of the 2020 census, Baoding City had 11,544,036 inhabitants, of which 2,549,787 lived in the metropolitan area made of 4 out of 5 urban districts: Lianchi, Jingxiu, Qingyuan, and Mancheng all of which are largely conurbated.
Administratively, Baoding is vast with the prefecture's land area encompassing 11 million inhabitants. The metro area has a population of 2 million. There are several outerlying counties far from the center. In the north is Yi County has a multi-site tourist complex centered on the Western Qing Tombs that includes a Yishui Lake and a historic town. In the northwest of Baoding Prefecture is Laiyuan County which includes Baishi Mountain, one of north China's most picturesque mountains.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Baoding
See
- Tangut dharani pillars
- Baoding Museum
- Baoding Natural History Museum
- Office of the Viceroy of Zhili
- Baoding Zoo
- Baoding Military Academy Museum
- Hebei University Museum
- Yesanpo National Park
- Western Qing tombs
- Yishui Lake
- Taihang Water Town
- Baiyang Lake
Do
- Fuping Cat Village
- Lianchi Academy Museum
- Baoding Banquet Food Culture Museum
- Xingrui Holiday Hot Spring
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When to go
The best time to visit Baoding
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Baoding are April, May, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; July is the wettest, with about 139 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Baoding: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW), about 95 km from the city centre in a straight line; Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX, 107 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Inter-provincial bus travel to Baoding from Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport. High speed rail from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Baoding East takes about 30 minutes. Baoding Station is near the city center. It offers less frequent train services from Beijing Station. Travel times vary between approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes to 2 hours and 10 minutes by high-speed rail. Baoding East Station is roughly 7 km east of the city center, serves trains from Beijing West Station and Beijing Fentai Station.
Getting around
Taxis are plentiful. There is no metro system. Notably, some of the regular city buses are given a sort of fake 'antique' or actual 'museum' feel with plastic lining made to look like wood and some local specialties like ornate fans or bottles of liquor exhibited inside.
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SJW · Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport
PKX · Beijing Daxing International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Baoding
Eat
Baoding is famous around China for donkey burgers (驴肉火烧), which are sandwiches stuffed with donkey meat.
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Questions
Baoding: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Baoding?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Baoding are April, May, September and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; July is the wettest, with about 139 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Baoding?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW), about 95 km from the city centre in a straight line; Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX, 107 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Baoding?
renminbi (CNY).
Nearby
Destinations near Baoding
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.