Sakai
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Sakai is a city in Japan, in Osaka. About 826,161 people live in the city proper, making it the 15th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 34.58° N, 135.47° E, about 2 m (7 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Sakai. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sakai 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 -1°C (30°F). Around 1,753 mm (69 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
- Osaka · 13 km
- Kobe · 29 km
- Kyoto · 55 km
- Nagoya · 147 km
- Hiroshima · 276 km
- Yokohama · 394 km
- Kawasaki · 402 km
- Tokyo · 405 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1853195 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q49366730 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Yammar Stadium Nagai: もんじゃ, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- WTC01s3200: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nagai Botanical Garden, Nemophila flowers 001: Naokijp, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
