Nagoya
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Japan Nagoya: File:Ferris Wheel - Port of Nagoya.JPG by Gnsin File:Higashiyama botanical gardens-01.jpg by KAMUI File:Nagoya (2015-11-, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nagoya is a city in Japan, in Aichi. About 2.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 35.18° N, 136.91° E, about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nagoya. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nagoya has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 1°C (33°F). Around 1,740 mm (69 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
- Kyoto · 106 km
- Osaka · 139 km
- Sakai · 147 km
- Kobe · 166 km
- Yokohama · 250 km
- Kawasaki · 258 km
- Tokyo · 259 km
- Saitama · 262 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1856057 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q11751 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Japan Nagoya: File:Ferris Wheel - Port of Nagoya.JPG by Gnsin File:Higashiyama botanical gardens-01.jpg by KAMUI File:Nagoya (2015-11-, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mode Spiral Towers in Nagoya02: Kansai explorer, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mizuho Stadium 1: Waka777, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- View of Tokugawa Art Museum (1), Tokugawa-cho Higashi Ward Nagoya 2021: Tomio344456, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- JR Central Towers: JKT-c, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nagoya City Art Museum01-r: Oilstreet (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Aerial: outside, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mizuho Rugby Stadium: Gnsin, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nagoya Lucenttower001: Unknown, CC BY 2.1 jp (Wikimedia Commons)
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