Now Chongqing is the biggest city in China in terms of area and population. Known as one of China's "Three Furnaces" (along with Wuhan and Nanjing), Chongqing is unbearably hot during the summer.

The average national temperature for 2024 was 10.92 degrees Celsius (51.66 degrees Fahrenheit), 1.03 degrees higher than 2023 and “the warmest year since the start of full records in 1961”, the China ...

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years ... Yici lamented that warmer-than-usual weather had affected the city's traditional winter pastime of ice skating.

Retail sales in Beijing and Shanghai – two of the largest and wealthiest mainland cities – shrank by about 14 per cent in November. 06:45 More Hongkongers want to move to mainland China ...

The city’s average temperature stood at 18.8C (65.8F). China had already logged its hottest month in the history of observations in July last year, as well as the hottest August and the warmest ...

China has already this year logged its hottest month in the history of observation ... Residents of the southern city of Guangzhou experienced a record-breaking long summer, with state media ...