Kawasaki
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kawasaki is a city in Japan, in Kanagawa. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 35.52° N, 139.72° E, about 1 m (3 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kawasaki. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kawasaki 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
- Yokohama · 11 km
- Tokyo · 19 km
- Chiba · 37 km
- Saitama · 43 km
- Nagoya · 257 km
- Sendai · 322 km
- Kyoto · 362 km
- Osaka · 392 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1859642 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tsurumi-tsubasa-bridge: LERK, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kawasaki 1989 02: Yasuoyamada, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kagetsuenkeirinjo: ウェルワィ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
