Chiba
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Chiba City montage: User:Xser21 User:掬茶 User:Shadow Fox User:Kentagon User:くろふね ja:利用者:Skink User:Yamato-i, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Chiba is a city in Japan. About 979,768 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 35.60° N, 140.12° E, about 5 m (16 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Chiba. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Chiba has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 1°C (33°F). Around 1,694 mm (67 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in JapanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kawasaki · 37 km
- Tokyo · 40 km
- Yokohama · 46 km
- Saitama · 54 km
- Nagoya · 293 km
- Sendai · 304 km
- Kyoto · 399 km
- Osaka · 429 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2113015 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q170616 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Chiba City montage: User:Xser21 User:掬茶 User:Shadow Fox User:Kentagon User:くろふね ja:利用者:Skink User:Yamato-i, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art 2010: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chiba Port Arena: Abasaa, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chiba Prefectural Athletic Stadium 2: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Chiba zoo entrance: Skink, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Inonagawari Site: MChew, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Camelia japonica Yukumi guruma 2006-04-8 197: BS Thurner Hof, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- KotehashiKaizuka20110809: 三人日, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arayashiki Shell Mound: 掬茶, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
