In the first quarter of this year, Beijing ranked first among 100 major Chinese cities for daily commuting time, which reached 48.1 minutes on average, following Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing and Guangzhou, according to a city transportation report recently released by Baidu Maps.
Commuters in the top seven cities all spent over 40 minutes on their way to work, and commuting time in more than 90 percent of Chinese cities exceeded 30 minutes on average, data from the report showed.
Among the 100 cities surveyed, only Changzhou, Taizhou, Maoming and Huzhou saw commuting time of less than half an hour, with time spent on the road to work relatively short.
Let's see the top 10 Chinese cities by commuting time for the first quarter of this year.
No 10 Dalian in Liaoning province
Commuting time: 37.4 minutes
An aerial photo taken on June 19, 2019 shows Zhongshan Square in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning province. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 9 Datong in Shanxi province
Commuting time: 37.8 minutes
Tourists view the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, Shanxi province on May 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 8 Zhengzhou in Henan province
Commuting time: 38.2 minutes
People are seen at the Henan Sports Center metro station in Zhengzhou, Henan province on Dec 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 7 Chengdu in Sichuan province
Commuting time: 40.3 minutes
A photo taken on Sept 27, 2020 shows the South Railway Station along Line 18 of the Metro in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 6 Wuhan in Hubei province
Commuting time: 40.4 minutes
An aerial photo shows the Yangtze River bridge during the morning rush hour in Wuhan, Hubei province on April 15, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 5 Guangzhou in Guangdong province
Commuting time: 41.2 minutes
An aerial photo taken on Nov 9, 2020 shows the construction site of the Longzhen train depot of Metro Line 18 in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 4 Chongqing municipality
Commuting time: 42.9 minutes
A monorail train runs past blooming flowers at the Fotuguan section of Metro Line 2 in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality on Feb 23, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 3 Tianjin municipality
Commuting time: 43.0 minutes
Two pedestrians cycle through Dali Avenue lined with flowering Chinese crabapple trees in the Five Great Avenues historical urban area in North China's Tianjin on April 3, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 2 Shanghai
Commuting time: 44.1 minutes
People ride bicycles and motorbikes on a street in Shanghai on May 31, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
No 1 Beijing
Commuting time: 48.1 minutes
Photo taken with a mobile phone shows people taking the subway at Chongwenmen Station during the evening rush hour in Beijing, on , April 6, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
