Takayama
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About
Takayama is a city located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 September 2025, the city had an estimated population of 81,968 in 36,815 households, and a population density of 41 persons per km2. The total area of the city was 2,177.61 square kilometers (840.78 sq mi) making it the largest city by area in Japan.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Takayama, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Takayama
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
26° / 11°
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
26° / 10°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
31° / 11°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
30° / 10°
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
20° / 11°
UV Very high
Thu
Rain
20° / 15°
23.4 mm
UV Moderate
In May 17
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
25° / -3°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.1h
04:45 – 18:48local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Takayama
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Toyama Kitokito Airport (TOY) at 56 km.
Getting around Takayama
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.