- Elevation
- 259 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Places inside
- 1
- listed under Okushiri-gun
- Airports
- OIR Okushiri Airport11 km
- HKD Hakodate Airport119 km
About Okushiri-gun
Okushiri-gun is a district. Location: Hokkaido, Japan.
Hiyama Subprefecture (檜山振興局, Hiyama-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan side. It includes Okushiri Island. It was established in 1897.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1879
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Okushiri-gun
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: July–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 6° · Night 3° · Rain 108 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- September (158 mm)
- Driest month
- March (77 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) | -3° | -2° | 2° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 21° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 6° | 1° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -5° | -2° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 20° | 16° | 10° | 3° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 99 | 79 | 77 | 87 | 93 | 95 | 137 | 137 | 158 | 118 | 108 | 96 |
How to get to Okushiri-gun
The nearest airport is Okushiri Airport (OIR), 11 km to the south as the crow flies. For international flights: Hakodate Airport (HKD) (119 km). The nearest large city is Hakodate, 113 km to the east.
Airports
- Okushiri Airport (OIR) Okushiri Island 11 kmsouth
- Hakodate Airport (HKD) Hakodate 119 kmeast
- Sapporo Okadama Airport (OKD) Sapporo 188 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Hakodate Population: 275.7K 113 kmeast
- Otaru Population: 115.3K 169 kmnortheast
- Tomakomai Population: 174.8K 182 kmeast
- Sapporo Population: 2M 183 kmnortheast
- Aomori Population: 298.4K 183 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Places in Okushiri-gun
1 placeBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nature and heritage in Okushiri-gun
Sources & licences
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