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Municipality

Tobata Ku

Located in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Coordinates: 33°54′04″ N 130°50′05″ E

Map showing the location of Tobata Ku Tobata Ku
Location in Japan
Population
61,583
61.6K
Elevation
6 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 Airport20 km
UBJ Yamaguchi Ube Airport41 km

About Tobata Ku

Tobata Ku is a municipality. Location: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka. Population: 61,583. Elevation: 6 m.

From Wikipedia

Tobata-ku (戸畑区) is a ward of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. It is the smallest ward of the city at 16.66 km2. The population was 64,330 as of the national census in 2000.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

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

Source: Wikidata

Population of Tobata Ku over time

Population of Tobata Ku over time
2010 61,583
2015 59,116
2020 56,824

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Tobata 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 · 92 km southeast17°
  • Ōita · 103 km southeast18°
  • Nobeoka · 166 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 Tobata Ku
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)9°10°13°18°22°25°29°30°27°22°17°12°
Average low (°C)3°3°6°10°15°19°23°24°20°15°9°5°
Precipitation (mm)7684110158158274284139199987863

Other places to visit in this season: May June October

How to get to Tobata Ku

The nearest airport is Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ), 20 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Shimonoseki, 11 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Kitakyushu Airport (KKJ) Kitakyushu 20 kmeast
  • Yamaguchi Ube Airport (UBJ) Ube 41 kmeast
  • Fukuoka Airport (FUK) Fukuoka 50 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Shimonoseki Population: 265.7K 11 kmnortheast
  • Iizuka Population: 126.4K 32 kmsouthwest
  • Ube Population: 173.7K 39 kmeast
  • Ōnojō Population: 102.1K 52 kmsouthwest
  • Chikushino-shi Population: 103.3K 54 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Tobata Ku

Within 100 km: 16 historic and cultural sites, 15 natural sites, 12 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km7 places

  • Hiko Shima Island 8 kmNE
  • Kōzan Ji Attraction 17 kmNE
  • Kanmon Kyō Landmark 13 kmNE
  • Wakato Ōhashi Landmark 2 kmW

25–60 km19 places

  • Tsuno Shima Island 50 kmN
  • Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Museum 51 kmSW
  • Shika Island Island 56 kmSW
  • Shōfū-en Natural site 54 kmSW

60–100 km17 places

  • Okino-shima Island 77 kmNW
  • Mount Tsurumi Mountain 88 kmSE
  • Kakara Shima Island 97 kmW
  • Mt. Abura Mountain 61 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Tobata Ku and similar cities

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

Measure Tobata Ku Hasuda Yamato-Takada Kōshi
Population 61.6K 61.5K 61.7K 61.8K
Elevation 6 m 13 m 56 m 71 m
Summer day (hottest month) 30° 30° 32° 32°
Winter night (coldest month) 3° -1° 1° 0°
Annual rainfall 1,721 mm 1,376 mm 1,487 mm 1,933 mm
Best months May–Jun, Oct May–Jun, Oct May, Oct May, Oct
Distance — 837 km 458 km 112 km

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

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