Guangdong · China
Luoding travel guide
Luoding is a city in Guangdong, China, home to about 937,000 people.
- Best months
- October to February
- Nearest airport
- WUZ86 km · Wuzhou Xijiang Airport
- Currency
- CNYrenminbi
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai
- Language
- Chinese, Putonghua, Standard Chinese
About
About Luoding
Luoding (罗定), is a county-level city in the northwestern part of Guangdong province (Yuebei), South China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu.
Luoding is the hometown of Nanjiang culture in China, and the hometown of folk culture and art in Guangdong Province. Nanjiang culture has a long history. Folk art and culture, including Takishu song, Dongshan ancestral temple fair, Hegu glutinous rice, Luoding douchi brewing skills, and Luoding wrinkled gauze fish rot production skills, are well-preserved. Luoding River (Nanjiang) is an important link between the Central Plains and the Maritime Silk Road and an ancient post road, while Luoding is the most important node on the Nanjiang River.
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When to go
The best time to visit Luoding
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Luoding are October to February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; June is the wettest, with about 355 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 Luoding: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Wuzhou Xijiang Airport (WUZ), about 86 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Luoding City has a relatively complete high-speed, railway, national highway and air transportation system. Luoding is just off highway G324, one of the secondary routes from Guangzhou into Guangxi. From Guangzhou take G80, the main route toward Nanning, then branch off onto G324 at Yunfu.
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WUZ · Wuzhou Xijiang Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Luoding
Eat
Local specialties include Luoding rice, Luoding wrinkle fish rot, Silun bamboo steamer, Luoding cinnamon, all of which are Chinese geographical indication products, as well as Luoding Meicai, Luoding tempeh, cinnamon oil, Luoding star anise, Luoding Tianzi Tea, Qigensong Carambola, and Three Yellow Chicken.
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Questions
Luoding: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Luoding?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Luoding are October to February. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; June is the wettest, with about 355 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Luoding?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Wuzhou Xijiang Airport (WUZ), about 86 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Luoding?
renminbi (CNY).
Nearby
Destinations near Luoding
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.