Municipality

Minami-ku

Located in Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa Coordinates: 35°30′00″ N 139°23′00″ E

Location in Japan

Population: 280,693; 280.7K
Elevation: 29 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+09:00; Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Minami-ku
When to go: May–JuneOctober; See the climate
Airports: HND Tokyo Haneda International Airport37 km; OIM Oshima Airport80 km

About Minami-ku

Minami-ku is a municipality. Location: Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa. Population: 280,693. Elevation: 29 m.

From Wikipedia

Minami-ku (南区, Minami-ku) is one of three wards of Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan, located in the east part of the city. The west of Minami-ku faces Chūō-ku. Minami-ku was created on April 1, 2010, when Sagamihara became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). As of March 2010, Minami-ku had a population of 272,794, with a land area of 38.2 square kilometers.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 38.1 km²
Official website: city.sagamihara.kanagawa.jp

Source: Wikidata

Population of Minami-ku over time

Population of Minami-ku over time
2010		274,364
2015		277,280
2020		280,693

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Minami-ku

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, October.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 17° · Night 8° · Rain 100 mm

Better nearby cities in November

Isehara · 13 km southwest18°
Odawara · 34 km southwest19°
Mishima · 60 km southwest18°

Hottest month: August (day 31°)
Coldest month: January (night 0°)
Wettest month: June (216 mm)
Driest month: December (54 mm)

10° 0°

11° 1°

13° 4°

19° 9°

23° 14°

25° 18°

29° 22°

31° 23°

27° 20°

22° 14°

17° 8°

13° 3°

Jan

Feb

Mar

121

Apr

136

May

157

Jun

216

Jul

164

Aug

186

Sep

214

Oct

189

Nov

100

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 Minami-ku
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	10°	11°	13°	19°	23°	25°	29°	31°	27°	22°	17°	13°
Average low (°C)	0°	1°	4°	9°	14°	18°	22°	23°	20°	14°	8°	3°
Precipitation (mm)	56	70	121	136	157	216	164	186	214	189	100	54

Other places to visit in this season: May June October

How to get to Minami-ku

The nearest airport is Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND), 37 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Zama, 2 km to the southeast.

Airports

Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) Tokyo 37 kmeast
Oshima Airport (OIM) Izu Oshima 80 kmsouth
Narita International Airport (NRT) Narita 96 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Zama Population: 132.3K 2 kmsoutheast
Minamirinkan Population: 224K 5 kmeast
Atsugi Population: 224K 6 kmsouth
Yamato Population: 242.1K 7 kmsoutheast
Machida Population: 431.1K 8 kmnortheast

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

Day trips from Minami-ku

Within 100 km: 51 historic and cultural sites, 44 natural sites, 46 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km26 places

Enoshima Island 24 kmS
Hikiji River River 22 kmS
Ryūkō Ji Attraction 23 kmSE
Sakai Gawa River 23 kmS

25–60 km80 places

Jōga Shima Island 46 kmSE
Hatsu-shima Island 55 kmS
Saitama Super Arena Landmark 49 kmNE
Mount Bukō Mountain 56 kmNW

60–100 km35 places

Ō Shima Island 85 kmS
Lake Shoji Lake 70 kmW
Mount Echizen-dake Mountain 61 kmSW
Fuji River River 80 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Minami-ku and similar cities

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

Measure	Minami-ku	Ichihara	Hakodate	Tsu
Population	280.7K	283.5K	275.7K	274.5K
Elevation	29 m	1 m	5 m	1 m
Summer day (hottest month)	31°	30°	25°	31°
Winter night (coldest month)	0°	1°	-6°	1°
Annual rainfall	1,663 mm	1,376 mm	1,318 mm	1,785 mm
Best months	May–Jun, Oct	May–Jun, Oct	Jun–Sep	May–Jun, Sep–Oct
Distance	—	64 km	707 km	275 km