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District

Katō-gun

Located in Hokkaido, Japan Coordinates: 43°14′20″ N 143°09′50″ E

Katō-gun
Otofuke · Ozizo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
616 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Places inside
4
listed under Katō-gun
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
OBO Tokachi-Obihiro Airport56 km
AKJ Asahikawa Airport75 km

About Katō-gun

Katō-gun is a district. Location: Hokkaido, Japan. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Tokachi-Obihiro Airport (56 km).

At a glance

Built
1879

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Katō-gun

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 5° · Night -4° · Rain 103 mm

Hottest month
August (day 22°)
Coldest month
January (night -16°)
Wettest month
September (164 mm)
Driest month
February (50 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 Katō-gun
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-5°-5°-1°7°13°17°21°22°17°12°5°-2°
Average low (°C)-16°-16°-11°-2°3°8°13°14°9°2°-4°-11°
Precipitation (mm)64507679989511815916412510370

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Katō-gun

The nearest airport is Tokachi-Obihiro Airport (OBO), 56 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Obihiro, 36 km to the south.

Airports

  • Tokachi-Obihiro Airport (OBO) Obihiro 56 kmsouth
  • Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) Higashikagura 75 kmnorthwest
  • Kushiro Airport (KUH) Kushiro 87 kmeast

Nearby large cities

  • Obihiro Population: 166.5K 36 kmsouth
  • Kitami Population: 119.1K 86 kmnortheast
  • Asahikawa Population: 333.5K 88 kmnorthwest
  • Kushiro Population: 167.9K 103 kmeast
  • Ebetsu Population: 134K 132 kmwest

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

Places in Katō-gun

4 places
  1. 1 Otofuke Chō 45.5K
  2. 2 Shihoro 5.8K
  3. 3 Shikaoi Chō 5.7K
  4. 4 Kamishihoro Chō 5K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources