Kumamoto
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About
Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kumamoto, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Kumamoto
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
28° / 16°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
30° / 16°
UV Very high
Mon
Overcast
29° / 17°
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 15°
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
29° / 21°
2.7 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
28° / 21°
48.4 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 6°
Typical high / low
6 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.8h
05:18 – 19:07local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Kumamoto
5 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Kumamoto Airport (KMJ) at 14 km.
Getting around Kumamoto
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, Original: Kzaral Vector: Ch1902, Xeror.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.