Kobe
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Kobe is a city in Japan, in Hyōgo. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 34.69° N, 135.18° E, about 35 m (115 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kobe. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kobe has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 4°C (40°F). Around 1,525 mm (60 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
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
- Sakai · 29 km
- Osaka · 29 km
- Kyoto · 64 km
- Nagoya · 166 km
- Hiroshima · 252 km
- Kitakyushu · 406 km
- Yokohama · 416 km
- Kawasaki · 424 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1859171 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q48320 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Hyogo prefectural museum of art15 2000: Tak1701d, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Maya005: Mass Ave 975, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kobe city museum02s3200: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden09bs3200: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Odaki, from the Nunobiki Falls: Laitr Keiows, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kobe Meriken Park01bs3200: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nagamine01: Mass Ave 975, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kobe oji zoo 2009 April 01: Corpse Reviver, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
