Mount Ishizuchi
Local name: 石鎚山
Located in Saijō Shi, Ehime Coordinates: 33°46′00″ N 133°07′00″ E
- Elevation
- 1,982 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Airports
- MYJ Matsuyama Airport39 km
- KCZ Kochi Ryoma Airport57 km
About Mount Ishizuchi
Mount Ishizuchi is a mountain. Location: Saijō Shi, Ehime. Elevation: 1,982 m.
Mount Ishizuchi (石鎚山, Ishizuchi-san) is a 1,982-metre-high (6,503 ft) mountain on the border of Saijō and Kumakōgen, in Ehime, Japan. This mountain is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan. It is the highest mountain in Western Japan and the island of Shikoku. It is regarded as a sacred mountain. Once upon a time it was a stratovolcano with large scale magma activity. Over time the magma activity ceased and it became extinct with no eruption activities in the past 10,000 years or recent signs of eruption.
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Climate of Mount Ishizuchi
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 5° · Night -3° · Rain 93 mm
Better nearby cities in November
- Kochi · 45 km southeast18°
- Ōita · 153 km west18°
- Beppu · 160 km west17°
- Hottest month
- August (day 18°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -11°)
- Wettest month
- June (351 mm)
- Driest month
- December (62 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) | -4° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 10° | 5° | -1° |
| Average low (°C) | -11° | -10° | -7° | -1° | 3° | 8° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 3° | -3° | -8° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 65 | 92 | 141 | 212 | 233 | 351 | 349 | 206 | 264 | 154 | 93 | 62 |
Other places to visit in this season: August
How to get to Mount Ishizuchi
The nearest airport is Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), 39 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Saijō, 18 km to the north.
Airports
- Matsuyama Airport (MYJ) Matsuyama 39 kmwest
- Kochi Ryoma Airport (KCZ) Nankoku 57 kmsoutheast
- Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) Hiroshima 76 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Saijō Population: 104.8K 18 kmnorth
- Niihama Population: 123.1K 28 kmnortheast
- Matsuyama Population: 511.2K 33 kmwest
- Imabari Population: 171K 35 kmnorth
- Kochi Population: 332.1K 46 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Nearest towns and villages
Sources & licences
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