Map of Datong, Shanxi, China

Datong is a city in Shanxi, China, with a population of about 1,850,000. It lies at 40.0936°N, 113.2914°E. Datong is about 265 km (165 mi) west of Beijing, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Beichengqu, 40 km to the north.

Datong at a glance

Where is Datong?

• The 2nd largest city in Shanxi on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 19 min on the shortest day to 15 h 02 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Datong

• Beichengqu — 40 km north
• Jining — 105 km north
• Shuozhou — 114 km southwest
• Zhangjiakou — 154 km northeast
• Hohhot — 160 km northwest
• Yuanping — 160 km south
• Xuanhua — 161 km east
• Xinzhou — 193 km south
• Anxiang — 218 km southeast
• Xinle — 228 km southeast

Largest cities in Shanxi

• Taiyuan — 5,305,061
• Jinzhong — 1,226,617
• Changzhi — 1,214,940
• Linfen — 959,198
• Yangquan — 731,228
• Changzhi — 699,514
• Yuncheng — 680,036
• Xinzhou — 544,683
• Jincheng — 476,945
• Shuozhou — 433,700

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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Other places named Datong

• Datong — Anhui, China
• Datong — Chongqing, China

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.