Geography and climate Ningbo

yuehu mosque of ningbo



the cathedral of sacred heart of jesus built between 1872 , 1876, closed government in 1963, , reopened , renamed in 1980. recognized national heritage site in 2006.

ningbo ranges in latitude 28° 51 30° 33 n , in longitude 120° 55 122° 16 e, bounded on east east china sea , zhoushan archipelago, on north hangzhou bay, across faces jiaxing , shanghai, on west shaoxing, , on south taizhou. land area 9,816 square kilometres (3,790 sq mi), while oceanic territory amounts 9,758 km (3,768 sq mi); there total 1,562 km (971 mi) of coastline including 788 km (490 mi) of mainland coastline , 774 km (481 mi) of island coastline, accounting one-third of entire provincial coastline. there 531 islands accounting 524 km (202 sq mi) under city s administration.

the city proper of ningbo sandwiched between ocean , low-lying mountains southwest, coastal plain , valleys in between. important peninsulas include chuanshan peninsula (穿山半岛), located in beilun district , containing mainland zhejiang s easternmost point, , xiangshan peninsula (象山半岛) in xiangshan county. siming mountains (四明山) run north mount tiantai , within ningbo city, traverse yuyao city, haishu district, , fenghua district, reaching height of 979 m (3,212 ft).

ningbo has humid subtropical climate (köppen cfa) 4 distinctive seasons, characterised hot, humid summers , chilly, cloudy , drier winters (with occasional snow). mean annual temperature 16.53 °c (61.8 °f), monthly daily averages ranging 4.9 °c (40.8 °f) in january 28.1 °c (82.6 °f) in july. extremes since 1951 have ranged −8.8 °c (16 °f) on 12 january 1955 42.1 °c (108 °f) on 8 august 2013. city receives average annual rainfall of 1,440 millimetres (56.7 in) , affected plum rains of asian monsoon in june, when average relative humidity peaks. august october, ningbo experiences effects of typhoons, , affected average 1.8 storms annually, though city not struck directly these systems. 2012 oecd study lists ningbo among top 20 cities worldwide @ risk of flooding due anthropogenic climate change.