Lake Kasumigaura
Local name: 霞ヶ浦
Located in Ibaraki, Japan Coordinates: 36°02′14″ N 140°23′45″ E
- Elevation
- 0 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Airports
- IBR Ibaraki Airport16 km
- NRT Narita International Airport30 km
About Lake Kasumigaura
Lake Kasumigaura is a lake. Location: Ibaraki, Japan. Elevation: 0 m.
Lake Kasumigaura (霞ヶ浦, Kasumigaura) is the second-largest lake in Japan, located 60 km to the north-east of Tokyo. In a narrower sense and officially, Lake Kasumigaura refers to a waterbody with an area of 167.63 km2. In a wider sense, Lake Kasumigaura can also refer to a group of contiguous lakes, which includes Lake Kasumigaura proper, hereby referred to as Nishiura (西浦), and two smaller lakes, Kitaura (北浦; 35.16 km2) and Sotonasakaura (外浪逆浦; 5.85 km2), and also encompasses the rivers connecting them.
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At a glance
- Maximum depth
- 4 m
- Area
- 168 km²
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Lake Kasumigaura
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–July, September–October.
This month · November
Outside the best season
Day 15° · Night 6° · Rain 92 mm
Better nearby cities in November
- Isehara · 121 km southwest18°
- Odawara · 142 km southwest19°
- Mishima · 168 km southwest18°
- Hottest month
- August (day 28°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- October (182 mm)
- Driest month
- January (44 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) | 8° | 9° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -1° | 2° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 19° | 12° | 6° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 44 | 68 | 97 | 117 | 125 | 163 | 132 | 123 | 180 | 182 | 92 | 53 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July September October
How to get to Lake Kasumigaura
The nearest airport is Ibaraki Airport (IBR), 16 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tsuchiura, 18 km to the west.
Airports
- Ibaraki Airport (IBR) Omitama 16 kmnorth
- Narita International Airport (NRT) Narita 30 kmsouth
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) Tokyo 77 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Tsuchiura Population: 144.4K 18 kmwest
- Tsukuba Population: 241.7K 26 kmwest
- Narita Population: 132.9K 29 kmsouth
- Inzai Population: 105.5K 31 kmsouthwest
- Toride Population: 104.5K 32 kmsouthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Nearest towns and villages
Sources & licences
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