Kagoshima
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📷 こたつむり from Hokkaidō, Japan.· CC BY-SA 2.1 jp桜島は今日も元気だ | Sakurajima is in good form today
About
Kagoshima, is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024, the city had an estimated population of 583,966 in 285,992 households, and a population density of 1100 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 547.61 km2 (211.43 sq mi).
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kagoshima, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Kagoshima
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
27° / 19°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
27° / 18°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
27° / 18°
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
26° / 18°
4.7 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
27° / 21°
5.5 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
27° / 21°
30.3 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 11°
Typical high / low
7 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.7h
05:21 – 19:06local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Kagoshima
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) at 28 km.
Getting around Kagoshima
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Kzaral (original raster), Ch1902.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.