China Footnotes — Chongqing (重庆): 10 places for a first visit

Ride the cable car across the river, get lost among stacked streets, and end the night with hotpot. Chongqing is China's cyberpunk city, and it earns the name.

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Key figures

• Population (whole municipality): 31.87 million (2025)
• Area: 82400 km² (2024-12-31)

Weather by month

• Jan: 10.4 °C / 6.4 °C, about 5.8 rain days
• Feb: 13.6 °C / 8.3 °C, about 4.9 rain days
• Mar: 18.6 °C / 11.7 °C, about 8.2 rain days
• Apr: 23.9 °C / 16 °C, about 9.9 rain days
• May: 27.4 °C / 19.4 °C, about 12.1 rain days
• Jun: 29.8 °C / 22.4 °C, about 12.4 rain days
• Jul: 33.7 °C / 25.4 °C, about 9 rain days
• Aug: 33.9 °C / 25.3 °C, about 8.8 rain days
• Sep: 28.5 °C / 21.5 °C, about 9.8 rain days
• Oct: 22 °C / 16.8 °C, about 11.5 rain days
• Nov: 17.3 °C / 12.5 °C, about 7.4 rain days
• Dec: 11.7 °C / 8 °C, about 5.8 rain days

Source: WMO, distributed by NOAA NCEI

The peninsula tip

• Jiefangbei (解放碑): Open neighbourhood. A free, always-open crossroads district around Chongqing's wartime victory monument.
• Shancheng Alley (山城巷（第三步道）): Open neighbourhood. A free cliffside lane of stone steps, old houses and lantern-lit shops in Yuzhong.
• Yangtze River Cableway (长江索道): Attraction. A 1,166 m cable car over the Yangtze, now a short sightseeing ride between two riverbanks.
• Hongyadong (洪崖洞): Open neighbourhood. A free cliffside complex of stilt houses, lit gold over the Jialing River after dark.
• Chaotianmen (朝天门): Open neighbourhood. A free riverside square at the tip of the peninsula where two rivers meet.
• Raffles City Chongqing The Crystal (来福士水晶连廊（探索舱）): Observation deck. A paid glass-floor deck 250 m up in a horizontal skyscraper over the river confluence.

Liziba to Ciqikou

• Three Gorges Museum (重庆中国三峡博物馆): Museum. A free city-centre history museum across People's Square from the Great Hall.
• Liziba Monorail Station (李子坝轻轨穿楼): Observation deck. A free riverside platform to watch Line 2 trains pass through a 19-storey apartment block.
• Eling No. 2 Factory (鹅岭二厂文创公园): Open neighbourhood. A free former printing works turned into hilltop lanes of cafés, murals and rooftops.
• Ciqikou Ancient Town (磁器口古镇): Open neighbourhood. A riverside Ming–Qing old street in Shapingba with snacks, teahouses and a hill temple.