Sakai
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📷 Saigen Jiro· CC0堀さんチャウ | Sakai-san chau (That's Sakai for you)
About
Sakai is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its kofun, keyhole-shaped burial mounds dating from the fifth century. The kofun in Sakai include the largest grave in the world by area, Daisen Kofun. Once known for swords, Sakai is now famous for the quality of its cutlery. As of 1 January 2022, the city had an estimated population of 819,965, making it the fourteenth most populous city in Japan.
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The next week in Sakai
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° / 16°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
27° / 15°
UV Very high
Mon
Partly cloudy
25° / 14°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
26° / 18°
UV High
Wed
Rain
23° / 20°
11.8 mm
UV Moderate
Thu
Drizzle
26° / 20°
1.6 mm
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
13.9h
04:55 – 18:52local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Sakai
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Osaka Itami International Airport (ITM) at 23 km.
Getting around Sakai
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.