南宁

NanningTravel Budget Guide

Tier 2·IATA: NNG

When to visit

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super-peak (national holiday)PeakShoulderOff-season
Holiday surges
  • extremeSpring Festival· Lunar Jan 1–7 (late Jan / mid-Feb)
  • highQingming (Tomb-Sweeping)· Apr 4–6
  • extremeLabor Day· May 1–5
  • highDragon Boat Festival· Lunar May 5 (~Jun)
  • highMid-Autumn Festival· Lunar Aug 15 (~Sep/Oct)
  • extremeNational Day Golden Week· Oct 1–7
Taxi flag-drop:¥9starting fare

Attractions

Mount Qingxiu青秀山5A$2.66 (CN¥18)
Nanning Zoo南宁动物园4A$7.39 (CN¥50)
Yong River Night Cruise (Nanning)邕江夜游4A$13.01 (CN¥88)
Nanning Polar Ocean World南宁极地海洋世界4A$17.44 (CN¥118)
Nanning Garden Expo南宁园博园4A$5.76 (CN¥39)
Guangxi Museum of Nationalities广西民族博物馆4AHeritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Mount Daming (Nanning)南宁大明山4A$11.82 (CN¥80)
Jiuquwan Hot Springs九曲湾温泉4A$26.31 (CN¥178)
Mount Longhu Scenic Area (Guangxi)广西龙虎山风景区4A$10.05 (CN¥68)
Longmen Water City龙门水都4A$4.43 (CN¥30)
Nanning Fantawild ASEAN Miracle南宁方特东盟神画—$14.63 (CN¥99)
Yong River邕江—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Guangxi Museum广西壮族自治区博物馆—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Yunding Sightseeing云顶观光—$5.91 (CN¥40)
Yongzhou Ancient City - Three Streets and Two Alleys Historical and Cultural Block邕州古城·三街两巷历史文化街区—Heritage Site$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nanning Tingzi Wharf南宁亭子码头—$11.68 (CN¥79)
The Night of Nanning南宁之夜—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nanhu Park南湖公园—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nanhu Square南湖广场—$0.00 (CN¥0)
Nanning Confucius Temple南宁孔庙—$0.00 (CN¥0)

Hotels

Budget

$17.00 (CN¥115)
/night

Standard

$22.02 (CN¥149)
/night

Comfort

$39.61 (CN¥268)
/night

Tiers are grouped by hotel star rating — Budget ≈ 2★, Standard ≈ 3★, Comfort ≈ 4★ and up. Figures are citywide average nightly rates, so an individual hotel may sit above or below its tier.

Food

Budget meal

$2.81 (CN¥19)
/meal

Mid-range

$10.49 (CN¥71)
/meal

High-end

$41.09 (CN¥278)
/meal
Must try:
  • Nanning old friend noodles
    南宁老友粉 · Nánníng lǎoyǒu fěn
  • Lemon duck
    柠檬鸭 · Níngméng yā
  • Hengxian raw fish salad
    横县鱼生 · Héngxiàn yúshēng
  • Yongzhou roast suckling pig
    邕州烤乳猪 · Yōngzhōu kǎo rǔzhū
  • Five-color glutinous rice
    五色糯米饭 · Wǔsè nuòmǐ fàn
  • Rice-skin dumplings
    粉饺 · Fěnjiǎo
  • Snail and duck-feet hotpot
    田螺鸭脚煲 · Tiánluó yājiǎo bāo
  • Pork trotter noodles
    猪脚粉 · Zhūjiǎo fěn
Styles:Street snacks · Fast food · Rice noodles

Culture & Heritage

Time-Honored Brands (2)

MOFCOM-certified · cultural background, not a business endorsement
Tang Ren JiaBatch 1
A long-established Cantonese dim sum and cuisine house in Nanning, well-regarded locally for its authentic yum cha and home-style Cantonese cooking.
WangfujiBatch 1
A well-known pastry shop in Nanning's old city, celebrated for Cantonese-style mooncakes, pastries and local Nanning confections with a history of several decades.

Famous Snacks (6)

Laoyou Noodles (Old Friends Rice Noodle)Famous Snacks
Nanning's most iconic local dish: a pungently sour-spicy rice noodle broth made with fermented bamboo shoots, fermented black beans, tomato and chili.
Five-Color Glutinous Rice (Wuse Nuomi Fan)Famous Snacks
The most iconic Zhuang festive food: glutinous rice dyed in five colors—black, red, yellow, white and purple—using plant pigments, visually striking and richly fragrant.
Fresh-Ground Rice Noodles (Shengzha Mifen)Famous Snacks
A Nanning specialty of freshly ground rice noodles pressed from that day's soaked and slightly fermented rice, with a mild sourness and distinctive fresh-rice fragrance.
Nanning Zongzi (Glutinous Rice Dumplings)Famous Snacks
Nanning's most iconic festive food: oversized glutinous rice dumplings filled with pork and mung beans, wrapped in lotus or bamboo leaves and steamed until richly fragrant.
Suanye (Pickled Vegetables)Famous Snacks
A ubiquitous Nanning street snack: various vegetables and fruits pickled in rice vinegar, sugar and salt—sour, sweet, crisp and appetite-whetting.
Glutinous Rice Chicken (Nuomi Ji)Famous Snacks
A popular Nanning dim sum item: glutinous rice, chicken, mushrooms and cured sausage wrapped in lotus leaf and steamed, lotus fragrance mingling with savory meat aroma.

Intangible Cultural Heritage (5)

Zhuang San Yue San Song FestivalNational ICH · Batch 1
The Zhuang people's most important traditional festival and folk-song gathering, held on the third day of the third lunar month, inscribed in 2006 in the first national ICH list.
Zhuang Bronze Drum CustomNational ICH · Batch 1
The Zhuang tradition of bronze drum ritual and festivity, with drums regarded as symbols of wealth and authority, inscribed in 2006 in the first national ICH list.
Zhuang Brocade Weaving TechniqueNational ICH · Batch 1
The traditional Zhuang hand-weaving technique for brocade, producing richly colored geometric patterns on a backstrap loom with cotton and colored silk, inscribed in the national ICH list.
Yong Opera (Yongju)National ICH · Batch 3
A regional opera popular in Nanning (historically Yongzhou) and southern Guangxi, blending Huizhou operatic styles with local vocal modes, with a history of over two hundred years.
Zhuang Frog Festival (Maagua Jie)National ICH · Batch 1
A traditional Zhuang festival along the Hongshui River in Guangxi centered on frog-deity worship, expressing prayers for agricultural harvest, inscribed in the national ICH list.
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