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Municipality

Moji-ku

Located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Coordinates: 33°54′28″ N 130°58′15″ E

Map showing the location of Moji-ku Moji-ku
Location in Japan
Population
104,469
104.5K
Elevation
50 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
When to go
May–JuneOctober
See the climate
Airports
KKJ Kitakyushu Airport9 km
UBJ Yamaguchi Ube Airport29 km

About Moji-ku

Moji-ku is a municipality. Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka. Population: 104,469. Elevation: 50 m.

From Wikipedia

Moji-ku (門司区) is a Japanese ward of the city of Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture. It is the former city of Moji which was one of five merged to create Kitakyūshū in 1963. It faces the city of Shimonoseki across the Kanmon Straits between Honshū and Kyūshū. The ward's area is 73.37 km2. It had a population of 114,754 as of 2000.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
73.7 km²
Official website
city.kitakyushu.lg.jp

Source: Wikidata

Population of Moji-ku over time

Population of Moji-ku over time
2010 104,469
2015 99,637
2020 93,706

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Moji-ku

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, October.

This month · November

Outside the best season

Day 17° · Night 9° · Rain 78 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Beppu · 85 km southeast17°
  • Ōita · 95 km southeast18°
  • Nobeoka · 161 km southeast18°
Hottest month
August (day 30°)
Coldest month
January (night 3°)
Wettest month
July (284 mm)
Driest month
December (63 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
Climate of Moji-ku
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)9°9°13°18°22°25°29°30°27°22°17°12°
Average low (°C)3°3°5°10°14°19°23°24°20°14°9°5°
Precipitation (mm)7684110158158274284139199987863

Other places to visit in this season: May June October

How to get to Moji-ku

The nearest airport is Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ), 9 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Shimonoseki, 6 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) Kitakyushu 9 kmsoutheast
  • Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) Ube 29 kmeast
  • Fukuoka Airport (FUK) Fukuoka 60 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Shimonoseki Population: 265.7K 6 kmnorthwest
  • Ube Population: 173.7K 26 kmeast
  • Iizuka Population: 126.4K 40 kmsouthwest
  • Yamaguchi Population: 194K 55 kmnortheast
  • Hōfu Population: 116.9K 57 kmeast

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

Day trips from Moji-ku

Within 100 km: 16 historic and cultural sites, 14 natural sites, 12 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km7 places

  • Hiko Shima Island 6 kmNW
  • Kōzan Ji Attraction 10 kmN
  • Kanmon Kyō Landmark 6 kmN
  • Wakato Ōhashi Landmark 14 kmW

25–60 km5 places

  • Tsuno Shima Island 50 kmN
  • Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Museum 59 kmSW
  • Aino-Island Island 58 kmW
  • Mount Hōman Mountain 55 kmSW

60–100 km30 places

  • Okino-shima Island 88 kmNW
  • Su Shima Island 71 kmE
  • Hime Shima Island 67 kmE
  • Ōtsu Shima Island 69 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Moji-ku and similar cities

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

Measure Moji-ku Toride Saijō Ikeda
Population 104.5K 104.5K 104.8K 105K
Elevation 50 m 8 m 8 m 26 m
Summer day (hottest month) 30° 29° 32° 33°
Winter night (coldest month) 3° -1° 2° 1°
Annual rainfall 1,721 mm 1,320 mm 1,871 mm 1,355 mm
Best months May–Jun, Oct May–Jun, Sep–Oct May, Oct May, Oct
Distance — 861 km 205 km 422 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Nearby attractions & nature

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