Map of Yueyang, China

Yueyang is a city in Hunan, China, with a population of about 991,465. It lies at 29.3745°N, 113.0948°E. Yueyang is about 1,209 km (751 mi) south of Beijing, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Xindi, 61 km to the northeast.

Yueyang at a glance

Where is Yueyang?

• The 8th largest city in Hunan on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 16 min on the shortest day to 14 h 02 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Yueyang

• Xindi — 61 km northeast
• Nanzhou — 67 km west
• Xiulin — 77 km northwest
• Wenxing — 80 km south
• Fengkou — 82 km north
• Puqi — 85 km northeast
• Shenliu — 90 km west
• Qionghu — 92 km southwest
• Heshan — 114 km southwest
• Xiantao — 116 km north

Largest cities in Hunan

• Changsha — 3,093,980
• Changde — 1,457,419
• Guankou — 1,380,000
• Heshan — 1,249,807
• Zhuzhou — 1,129,687
• Hengyang — 1,075,516
• Yongzhou — 1,020,715
• Xiangtan — 959,303
• Chenzhou — 822,534
• Shaoyang — 753,194

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.