It is Subtropical monsoon climate of Chongqing Municipality. Thus Chongqing Municipality is called the livable city. The average annual temperature is about 18℃, and the average lowest temperature of a year is about 6-8℃.
On the other hand, Chongqing Municipality is called one of the furnace cities with Wuhan City and Nanjing City together. In July, the average temperature of a day is over 35℃. The highest temperature is 43℃, while the lowest temperature is -2℃.
In addition, Chongqing Municipality is also called the "Mountain City". It is surrounded by Mt. Dapa, Mt. Wushan, Mt. Wuling, and Mt. Dalou in north, the east and the south. The terrain of Chongqing Municipality mainly includes the hill and mountains. There are many famous mountains located in Chongqing Municipality such as Mt. Nanshan, Mt. Jinfoshan, Fairy Mountain.
There are several rivers flowing through Chongqing Municipality. They are Yangtze River, Jialing River, Wu River, Fu River, Qi River, Daning River and so on. In Yangtze River history, the Yangtze River completely crosses this city from the west to the east with 665 kilometers long. It traverses three of directions of Mt. Wushan, thus the famous Three Gorges (Qutang Gorge, Wuxia Gorge, Xiling Gorge) have been formed. Yangtze Cruise ships along Yangtze River to enjoy the scenery of Three Gorges.
Nanshan Botanical Garden located at Nanshan Mountain and was found based on this mountain with a coverage area of 551 hectares in 1999. Nanshan Botanical Garden is 15 kilometers away from the downtown of Chongqing Municipality, which is the few suburban scenic spot of China with its rich negative ion and fresh air. Nanshan.
Camellia is praised as the "City Flower" of Chongqing Municipality. It can be appreciated everywhere in Chongqing Municipality. In Nanshan botanical Garden, there is a camellia tree of more than 300 years old. It can bloom thousands of camellias once. Therefore, Nanshan Botanical Garden is called the "International Camellia Garden".
There are four international camellia gardens in China, the other three respectively are Kunming Botanical Garden, Jinhua Camellia Species Garden, Jinhua Camellia Cultural Garden.