Municipality

Minami

Located in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Coordinates: 33°32′30″ N 130°24′36″ E

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Population: 265,063; 265.1K
Elevation: 21 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+09:00; Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Minami
When to go: MayOctober; See the climate
Airports: FUK Fukuoka Airport6 km; HSG Kyushu Saga International Airport45 km

About Minami

Minami is a municipality. Location: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka. Population: 265,063. Elevation: 21 m.

From Wikipedia

Minami-ku (南区) is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka City, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 247,913 people and an area of 30.98 km2. As of 2016, the population had increased to 255,000 people with 8,200 per km2. Its name literally means "south ward." It is bordered by the central, Hakata, Jonan, and Sawara wards of Fukuoka city, and also by the cities of Nakagawa and Kasuga. Sasabaru Station within the ward is on the JR Kagoshima main line. It also has three stations on the Tenjin Ōmuta Line.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 31 km²
Official website: city.fukuoka.lg.jp

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Minami

Mt. Abura そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shōfū-en STA3816 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rakusui-en STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ōhori Park Tzuhsun Hsu from Taipei, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Shōfuku-ji Pontafon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population of Minami over time

Population of Minami over time
2010		247,096
2015		255,797
2020		265,063

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Minami

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May, October.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 17° · Night 9° · Rain 77 mm

Better nearby cities in November

Beppu · 105 km east17°
Ōita · 116 km east18°
Nobeoka · 158 km southeast18°

Hottest month: August (day 31°)
Coldest month: January (night 2°)
Wettest month: June (288 mm)
Driest month: December (59 mm)

9° 2°

10° 3°

13° 5°

19° 10°

23° 15°

26° 19°

30° 23°

31° 24°

27° 20°

23° 14°

17° 9°

12° 4°

Jan

Feb

Mar

108

Apr

140

May

150

Jun

288

Jul

283

Aug

175

Sep

191

Oct

Nov

Dec

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

Climate of Minami
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	9°	10°	13°	19°	23°	26°	30°	31°	27°	23°	17°	12°
Average low (°C)	2°	3°	5°	10°	15°	19°	23°	24°	20°	14°	9°	4°
Precipitation (mm)	71	75	108	140	150	288	283	175	191	91	77	59

Other places to visit in this season: May October

How to get to Minami

The nearest airport is Fukuoka Airport (FUK), 6 km to the northeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Kasuga, 5 km to the east.

Airports

Fukuoka Airport (FUK) Fukuoka 6 kmnortheast
Kyushu Saga International Airport (HSG) Saga 45 kmsouth
Iki Airport (IKI) Iki 62 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Kasuga Population: 111K 5 kmeast
Ōnojō Population: 102.1K 6 kmeast
Chikushino-shi Population: 103.3K 11 kmsoutheast
Kurume Population: 303.6K 27 kmsouth
Iizuka Population: 126.4K 28 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Minami

Within 100 km: 20 historic and cultural sites, 21 natural sites, 13 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km20 places

Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Museum 12 kmE
Shika Island Island 18 kmNW
Mt. Abura Mountain 5 kmSW
Shōfū-en Natural site 4 kmN

25–60 km8 places

Chikugo River River 45 kmS
Wakato Ōhashi Landmark 55 kmNE
Mount Sarakura Mountain 49 kmNE
Space World Natural site 52 kmNE

60–100 km26 places

Iki Island Island 69 kmNW
Hiko Shima Island 63 kmNE
Hario Jima Island 77 kmSW
Okino-shima Island 83 kmN

Straight-line distances.

Minami and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure	Minami	Shimonoseki	Nagaoka	Tokushima
Population	265.1K	265.7K	266.9K	267.3K
Elevation	21 m	10 m	23 m	3 m
Summer day (hottest month)	31°	30°	30°	31°
Winter night (coldest month)	2°	3°	-3°	2°
Annual rainfall	1,708 mm	1,721 mm	2,209 mm	1,618 mm
Best months	May, Oct	May–Jun, Oct	May–Jun, Sep–Oct	May–Jun, Oct
Distance	—	67 km	880 km	389 km