Gansu · China
Dingxi travel guide
Dingxi is a city in Gansu, China, home to about 2,524,000 people.
- Best months
- May to August
- Nearest airport
- LHW138 km · Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Language
- Chinese, Putonghua, Standard Chinese
About
About Dingxi
Dingxi (Chinese: 定西; pinyin: Dìngxī), also known as Longyou (Chinese: 陇右; pinyin: Lǒngyòu) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Gansu province, People's Republic of China. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,524,097 inhabitants, of which 422,383 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of Anding urban district.
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When to go
The best time to visit Dingxi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dingxi are May to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 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 Dingxi: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW), about 138 km from the city centre in a straight line.
LHW · Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport
Questions
Dingxi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Dingxi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dingxi are May to August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 79 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Dingxi?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lanzhou Zhongchuan International Airport (LHW), about 138 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Dingxi?
renminbi (CNY).
Nearby
Destinations near Dingxi
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.