Kobe
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About
Kobe, officially Kobe City, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. With a population of around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in the Kansai region, which makes up the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay. It is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto. The Kobe city centre is located about 35 km (22 mi) west of Osaka and 70 km (43 mi) southwest of Kyoto.
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The next week in Kobe
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
25° / 17°
UV High
Sun
Clear
28° / 17°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
26° / 17°
UV Very high
Tue
Partly cloudy
25° / 19°
UV Very high
Wed
Rain
21° / 20°
69.5 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
23° / 17°
10.6 mm
Fri
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
28° / 8°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
04:56 – 18:53local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Kobe
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Kobe Airport (UKB) at 7 km.
Getting around Kobe
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
四国交通祐徳自動車株式会社祐徳自動車株式会社中鉄バス株式会社大分バス近鉄バス徳島バス東京・日本交通株式会社神戸営業所キクヤ交通株式会社B Metro高知西南交通株式会社Hankyu Ferry CorporationShikoku Kaihatsu Ferry CorporationIyotetsu Bus Co.,Ltd.
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, N35725E139547.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.