Nara
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About
Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is a core city located in the northern part of Nara Prefecture bordering the Kyoto Prefecture.
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The next week in Nara
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° / 16°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
30° / 15°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
31° / 15°
UV Very high
Tue
Partly cloudy
31° / 16°
UV Very high
Wed
Rain
21° / 19°
61.8 mm
Thu
Drizzle
24° / 16°
9.3 mm
UV High
Fri
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
29° / 4°
Typical high / low
5 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.0h
04:54 – 18:51local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Nara
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM) at 35 km.
Getting around Nara
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
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- 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, Unknown authorUnknown author.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.