Island

Honshu

Local name: 本州

Located in Japan Coordinates: 36°00′00″ N 138°00′00″ E

Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation: 963 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Tatsuno; 1.8 km S
Local time: UTC+09:00; Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Population: 104,000,000; 104M
When to go: May–JulySeptember; See the climate
Airports: MMJ Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport20 km; TOY Toyama Kitokito Airport102 km

About Honshu

Honshu is an island. Location: Japan. Population: 104,000,000.

From Wikipedia

Honshu (Japanese: 本州, Hepburn: Honshū; pronounced [hó̞ɰ̃̀.ɕɨ̀ɨ̀] ; lit. 'main province'), historically known as Akitsushima (秋津島; lit. 'dragonfly island') or Hondo (本土; lit. 'mainland'), is the largest of Japan's four main islands. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian island of Java.

At a glance

Length: 1,300 km
Area: 227,940 km²

Source: Wikidata

Climate of Honshu

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–July, September.

3° -7°

4° -7°

8° -4°

15° 3°

19° 8°

22° 13°

26° 17°

27° 18°

22° 14°

17° 7°

12° 1°

6° -4°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

118

May

128

Jun

199

Jul

188

Aug

177

Sep

210

Oct

120

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 Honshu
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	8°	15°	19°	22°	26°	27°	22°	17°	12°	6°
Average low (°C)	-7°	-7°	-4°	3°	8°	13°	17°	18°	14°	7°	1°	-4°
Precipitation (mm)	35	51	88	118	128	199	188	177	210	120	64	31