Kanazawa
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About
Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. As of 1 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 468.64 square kilometres (180.94 sq mi).
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kanazawa, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Kanazawa
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
Clear
24° / 13°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
21° / 14°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
26° / 13°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
27° / 17°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
25° / 18°
UV High
Thu
Rain
21° / 17°
63.8 mm
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
29° / 1°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.1h
04:46 – 18:52local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Kanazawa
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ) at 29 km.
Getting around Kanazawa
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.