Chengdu live camera – Giant pandas, Chengdu Panda Base
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What you are looking at
This 24/7 panda stream comes from iPanda, the giant panda channel of China's state broadcaster CCTV. It shows giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province, one of the largest panda centers in China, where iPanda says more than a hundred pandas live, with animals of different ages kept in separate enclosures.
Pandas spend much of the day eating bamboo and the rest sleeping, often draped over a tree branch or a wooden climbing frame. You may see young pandas tumbling and wrestling, adults munching steadily through piles of fresh bamboo, and keepers bringing food. Mornings at the base are usually the most active time, and in hot summer weather the pandas may retreat to cooler indoor areas. The broadcast can move between enclosures, so the pandas on screen change through the day.
The feed plays as live video through YouTube. Chengdu is on China Standard Time, twelve or thirteen hours ahead of the US East Coast. A practical tip: watch in the Chengdu morning, which is the US evening, for the best chance of active pandas and fresh bamboo deliveries.
Camera details
- Camera ID
- ipanda-chengdu
- Operator
- iPanda
- Video format
- YouTube live stream
- Position
- Approximate
- Licence
- YouTube's terms (shown in YouTube's own player)
- Data source
- YouTube live streams (curated)
- Streaming since
- Mar 31, 08:57 UTC
- Last checked
- Oct 8, 23:15 UTC (4 h ago)
- Working, last 7 days
- 100 % of checks
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About Chengdu, Sichuan
Weather now in Chengdu: 21 °C (69 °F), cloudy, wind 9 km/h (6 mph) from the north. Forecast for 11 AM local time. Weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Chengdu is a city in Sichuan, China with about 20.9 million people. The camera is about 19 km from the center. Chengdu keeps Asia/Shanghai time (UTC+8 at the moment); the panel above shows the local time live.
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The position is approximate.
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Questions about Giant pandas, Chengdu Panda Base, China
Is the Giant pandas, Chengdu Panda Base, China camera live right now?
Yes. At our last automatic check (Oct 8, 23:15 UTC) the video was playing. It is a YouTube live stream that plays in YouTube's own player when you press Play.
How often does the picture update?
Continuously while the channel is streaming. Live streams usually run a few seconds behind real time.
Who operates the Giant pandas, Chengdu Panda Base, China camera?
It is a live stream from the YouTube channel iPanda, embedded with YouTube's own player. The channel decides when it streams; YouTube may show its own ads. The channel About Curated YouTube live streams
Where exactly is this camera?
It is about 19 km from the center of Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Approximate coordinates: 30.73, 104.15. All cameras in Chengdu
What is the local time at Chengdu?
Chengdu is in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. The "Right now" panel above shows the local time live. On October 9 the sun rises at 7:01 AM and sets at 6:39 PM there.
Are there more live cameras near Chengdu?
No other camera is within 25 km yet. The live camera radar can search up to 250 km around this spot. Open the radar here
Why does the stream sometimes stop?
YouTube streams run only while iPanda is broadcasting; when they pause, we mark the camera offline until our next check finds it live again. The channel on YouTube