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Mountain

Mount Asahi

Located in Asahi Machi, Nishimurayama-gun Coordinates: 38°15′38″ N 139°55′20″ E

Mount Asahi
Highten31 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
1,870 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Shirataka Machi
16 km SE
Local time
UTC+09:00
Asia/Tokyo · UTC+09:00
When to go
August
See the climate
Airports
GAJ Yamagata Airport43 km
SYO Shonai Airport62 km

About Mount Asahi

Mount Asahi is a mountain. Location: Asahi Machi, Nishimurayama-gun. Elevation: 1,870 m. The best months to visit are August. The nearest airport is Yamagata Airport (43 km).

Climate of Mount Asahi

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 2° · Night -6° · Rain 133 mm

Better nearby cities in November

  • Kofu · 313 km southwest17°
  • Isehara · 323 km south18°
  • Odawara · 341 km south19°
Hottest month
August (day 19°)
Coldest month
February (night -15°)
Wettest month
August (218 mm)
Driest month
February (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).

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Climate of Mount Asahi
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-8°-8°-4°3°9°13°17°19°14°8°2°-4°
Average low (°C)-15°-15°-12°-6°0°5°10°11°6°0°-6°-11°
Precipitation (mm)1159699117117155203218200141133121

Other places to visit in this season: August

How to get to Mount Asahi

The nearest airport is Yamagata Airport (GAJ), 43 km to the northeast as the crow flies. For international flights: Niigata Airport (KIJ) (79 km). The nearest large city is Yamagata, 39 km to the east.

Airports

  • Yamagata Airport (GAJ) Higashine 43 kmnortheast
  • Shonai Airport (SYO) Shonai 62 kmnorth
  • Niigata Airport (KIJ) Niigata 79 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Yamagata Population: 248.8K 39 kmeast
  • Tsuruoka Population: 125.4K 52 kmnorth
  • Sakata Population: 100.3K 73 kmnorth
  • Fukushima Population: 294.2K 74 kmsoutheast
  • Sendai Population: 1.1M 83 kmeast

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

Day trips from Mount Asahi

Within 100 km: 1 historic or cultural site, 17 natural sites, 10 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km1 place

  • Asahi Dake Mountain 1 kmN

25–60 km9 places

  • Iimori Yama Mountain 50 kmS
  • Iide San Mountain 49 kmSW
  • Haguro Yama Mountain 49 kmN
  • Mount Yudono Mountain 31 kmN

60–100 km18 places

  • Awashima Island Island 64 kmW
  • Mount Funagata Mountain 65 kmE
  • Abukuma River River 91 kmE
  • Nekomaga Dake Mountain 73 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

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