Saitama
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Saitama is a city in Japan. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 35.91° N, 139.66° E, about 16 m (52 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Saitama. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Saitama has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (26°F). Around 1,447 mm (57 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
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
- Tokyo · 24 km
- Kawasaki · 43 km
- Yokohama · 53 km
- Chiba · 54 km
- Nagoya · 260 km
- Sendai · 284 km
- Kyoto · 364 km
- Osaka · 397 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 6940394 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49295329 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Museum of Modern Art Saitama 2010: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Saitama Shinpukuji Midden 1: 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
