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Region

Tokyo

Local name: 東京都

Located in Japan Coordinates: 35°41′22″ N 139°41′30″ E

Tokyo
Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
14,187,176
14.2M
Elevation
44 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
Places inside
78
listed under Tokyo
When to go
May–JuneOctober
See the climate
Airports
HND Tokyo Haneda International Airport18 km
NRT Narita International Airport64 km

About Tokyo

Tokyo is a region. Location: Japan. Population: 14,187,176.

From Wikipedia

Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital and most populous city of Japan. The population of the city proper was over 14 million as of 2023. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring prefectures, is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 33 million residents as of 2025. Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island.

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At a glance

Built
1868
Area
2,194 km²
Official website
english.metro.tokyo.lg.jp

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Tokyo

Twin towns and sister cities of Tokyo

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Tokyo over time

Population of Tokyo over time
2005 12,576,611
2010 13,159,388
2015 13,513,734
2020 14,047,594
2022 14,264,798

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Tokyo

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: May–June, October.

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 Tokyo
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)9°10°13°19°23°25°29°30°27°21°16°12°
Average low (°C)0°1°4°9°14°18°22°23°20°14°8°3°
Precipitation (mm)43581011191291741571572021678540

Other places to visit in this season: May June October

Airports nearest to Tokyo

  • Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND) Tokyo 18 km
  • Narita International Airport (NRT) Narita 64 km
  • Ibaraki Airport (IBR) Omitama 85 km

Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).

Places in Tokyo

78 places
  1. 1 Setagaya-ku 940.5K
  2. 2 Nerima-ku 744K
  3. 3 Ōta-ku 737.2K
  4. 4 Edogawa-ku 697.9K
  5. 5 Adachi-ku 683.4K
  6. 6 Suginami-ku 583.6K
  7. 7 Itabashi-ku 581.3K
  8. 8 Hachiōji 563.5K
  9. 9 Koto-ku 523.4K
  10. 10 Katsushika-ku 451.8K
  11. 11 Machida Shi 426.2K
  12. 12 Shinagawa 360K
  13. 13 Kita-ku 353.1K
  14. 14 Nakano-ku 341K
  15. 15 Shinjuku 324.6K
  16. 16 Toshima 298K
  17. 17 Meguro-ku 286.9K
  18. 18 Sumida 270.8K
  19. 19 Fuchu-shi 253.3K
  20. 20 Shibuya 243.9K
  21. 21 Bunkyō-ku 240.1K
  22. 22 Minato-ku 232.8K
  23. 23 Chōfu-shi 223.7K
  24. 24 Arakawa-ku 217.9K
  25. 25 Taito 212K
  26. 26 Nishitōkyō-shi 197.5K
  27. 27 Kodaira 186.3K
  28. 28 Mitaka-shi 182.9K
  29. 29 Hino Shi 179.6K
  30. 30 Tachikawa 178.2K
  31. 31 Chuo 169.2K
  32. 32 Higashi-murayama-shi 152.1K
  33. 33 Tama 147.7K
  34. 34 Ōme-shi 137.8K
  35. 35 Musashino-shi 137.5K
  36. 36 Kokubunji 118.7K
  37. 37 Koganei 117K
  38. 38 Higashikurume 116.4K
  39. 39 Akishima 112.9K
  40. 40 Inagi-shi 86.2K
  41. 41 Higashiyamato Shi 85.3K
  42. 42 Akiruno Shi 81.9K
  43. 43 Komae-shi 77.9K
  44. 44 Kunitachi 74.4K
  45. 45 Kiyose-shi 74.2K
  46. 46 Musashi-murayama Shi 72.2K
  47. 47 Chiyoda-ku 66.7K
  48. 48 Fussa 58.8K
  49. 49 Hamura-shi 56.8K
  50. 50 Izu Islands 25K
  51. 51 Hachijō Shichō 7.2K
  52. 52 Ogasawara-shichō 2.9K
  53. 53 Miyake-shichō 2.6K
  54. 54 Iwo Jima 1K
  55. 55 Volcano Islands 380
  56. 56 To Shima 304
  57. 57 Aoga Shima 170

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

Largest cities and towns

Nature and heritage in Tokyo

Sources & licences

Data last updated: · 2 independent sources