Yokohama
City in Japan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Minato-mirai from Yamashita Park at night: Takuro1202, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yokohama is a city in Japan, in Kanagawa. About 3.8 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Japan in our atlas.
It lies at 35.43° N, 139.65° E, about 21 m (69 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tokyo time zone.
Location
Red dot: Yokohama. Green dots: other major cities of Japan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yokohama 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 -2°C (28°F). Around 1,638 mm (64 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Oct.
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
- Kawasaki · 11 km
- Tokyo · 29 km
- Chiba · 46 km
- Saitama · 53 km
- Nagoya · 250 km
- Sendai · 333 km
- Kyoto · 355 km
- Osaka · 384 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1848354 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q38283 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Minato-mirai from Yamashita Park at night: Takuro1202, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nissan International Stadium Yokohama: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yokohama Landmark Tower 02 cropped: Yokohama_Landmark_Tower_02.JPG: Σ64 derivative work: 0607crp (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- YokohamaStadium view: 横浜1978, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum DSCN3985: Brakeet, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yokohama Curry Museum by woinary: woinary from Isezaki-cho, Naka, Yokohama, Kanagawa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 神奈川県立金沢文庫 - panoramio (1): ex-h20g-fan, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Nogeyama Zoo: Dddeco, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yokohama Museum of Art 2009: Wiiii, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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