Sendai
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
SendaiCity Skylines from Mukaiyama2018: Nryate, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Sendai is a city in Japan, in Miyagi. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 38.27° N, 140.87° E, about 53 m (174 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Sendai. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sendai has a continental (hot summer) climate (Köppen Dfa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about -6°C (20°F). Around 1,546 mm (61 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
- Saitama · 282 km
- Chiba · 303 km
- Tokyo · 304 km
- Kawasaki · 321 km
- Yokohama · 332 km
- Nagoya · 486 km
- Sapporo · 534 km
- Kyoto · 573 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2111149 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q46747 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- SendaiCity Skylines from Mukaiyama2018: Nryate, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sendaistadium2: WAKA77, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kobo Park Miyagi(2017): Eaglefire, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- The miyagi museum of art01s3872: 663highland, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- AER from south-southwest 2010-06-02: Enirac Sum, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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