Shimokita Hantō
Local name: 下北半島
Located in Aomori, Japan Coordinates: 41°20′08″ N 140°59′54″ E
- Elevation
- 283 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Airports
- HKD Hakodate Airport50 km
- AOJ Aomori Airport72 km
About Shimokita Hantō
Shimokita Hantō is a natural site. Location: Aomori, Japan.
The Shimokita Peninsula (下北半島, Shimokita-hantō) is the remote northeastern cape of the Japanese island of Honshū, stretching out towards Hokkaido.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Climate of Shimokita Hantō
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–September.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 8° · Night 1° · Rain 116 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -6°)
- Wettest month
- September (171 mm)
- Driest month
- March (77 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 0° | 0° | 3° | 10° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -6° | -6° | -3° | 2° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 14° | 7° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 94 | 78 | 77 | 85 | 89 | 100 | 135 | 158 | 171 | 114 | 116 | 97 |
Other places to visit in this season: June July August September
How to get to Shimokita Hantō
The nearest airport is Hakodate Airport (HKD), 50 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Hakodate, 54 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Hakodate Airport (HKD) Hakodate 50 kmnorth
- Aomori Airport (AOJ) Aomori 72 kmsouth
- Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base (MSJ) Misawa 77 kmsoutheast
Nearby large cities
- Hakodate Population: 275.7K 54 kmnorthwest
- Aomori Population: 298.4K 62 kmsouth
- Hirosaki Population: 168.7K 94 kmsouthwest
- Hachinohe Population: 239K 102 kmsoutheast
- Tomakomai Population: 174.8K 153 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Osore-zan Mountain, Mutsu Shi7 km SE -
Usoriyama-ko Lake, Japan8.8 km E
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Ōhata-gawa River, Aomori16 km NE
Sources & licences
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