Map of Sanming, China

Sanming is a city in Fujian, China, with a population of about 602,166. It lies at 26.2486°N, 117.6186°E. Sanming is about 1,523 km (946 mi) south of Beijing, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Nanping, 71 km to the northeast.

Sanming at a glance

Where is Sanming?

• The 7th largest city in Fujian on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 30 min on the shortest day to 13 h 47 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Sanming

• Nanping — 71 km northeast
• Liancheng — 105 km southwest
• Jian’ou — 112 km northeast
• Shaowu — 122 km north
• Longyan — 144 km southwest
• Xujiang — 145 km northwest
• Qincheng — 152 km northwest
• Wuyishan — 173 km north
• Jianchang — 175 km northwest
• Fenggang — 200 km northwest

Largest cities in Fujian

• Xiamen — 4,617,251
• Fuzhou — 4,094,491
• Putian — 1,539,389
• Quanzhou — 1,469,157
• Jinjiang — 1,416,151
• Longyan — 1,025,087
• Zhangzhou — 589,831
• Nanping — 467,875
• Ningde — 429,260
• Fuding — 192,352

Largest cities in China

• Shanghai — 24,874,500
• Beijing — 18,960,744
• Guangzhou — 18,676,605
• Shenzhen — 17,494,398
• Tianjin — 13,866,009
• Wuhan — 13,739,000
• Chengdu — 13,568,357
• Xi’an — 12,952,907
• Hangzhou — 11,936,010
• Dongguan — 9,644,871

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.