- Elevation
- 115 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+09:00
- Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
- Places inside
- 6
- listed under Mogami-gun
- Airports
- SYO Shonai Airport32 km
- GAJ Yamagata Airport45 km
About Mogami-gun
Mogami-gun is a district. Location: Yamagata, Japan.
List of Provinces of Japan > Tōsandō > Uzen Province > Mogami District Japan > Tōhoku region > Yamagata Prefecture > Mogami District Mogami District (最上郡, Mogami-gun) is a rural district located in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. As of August 2013, the district has an estimated population of 42,788 and an area of 1,508.54 km2. All of the city of Shinjō was formerly part of Mogami District.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Built
- 1878
- Area
- 1,580 km²
Source: Wikidata
Climate of Mogami-gun
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–June, September.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 11° · Night 4° · Rain 178 mm
Better nearby cities in November
- Kofu · 374 km southwest17°
- Isehara · 383 km south18°
- Hottest month
- August (day 29°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -3°)
- Wettest month
- August (178 mm)
- Driest month
- May (96 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° | 3° | 6° | 13° | 19° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 11° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -3° | -3° | -1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 4° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 155 | 115 | 99 | 105 | 96 | 125 | 169 | 178 | 163 | 144 | 178 | 175 |
How to get to Mogami-gun
The nearest airport is Shonai Airport (SYO), 32 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tsuruoka, 30 km to the west.
Airports
- Shonai Airport (SYO) Shonai 32 kmwest
- Yamagata Airport (GAJ) Higashine 45 kmsoutheast
- Akita Airport (AXT) Akita 93 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Tsuruoka Population: 125.4K 30 kmwest
- Sakata Population: 100.3K 30 kmnorthwest
- Yamagata Population: 248.8K 63 kmsouth
- Ōsaki Population: 128.8K 74 kmeast
- Sendai Population: 1.1M 84 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Places in Mogami-gun
6 places- 1 Mogami Machi 9.7K
- 2 Mamurogawa Machi 8.8K
- 3 Kaneyama Machi 6.2K
- 4 Funagata-machi 5.9K
- 5 Tozawa Mura 5.2K
- 6 Sakekawa-mura 4.7K
Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Haguro Yama Mountain, Tsuruoka Shi17 km SW -
Dewa Sanzan Mountain, Yamagata21 km SW
Sources & licences
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