Miyagi, Japan
Sendai
Sendai is a major city in Miyagi, Japan. It has a population of about 1,061,177 (2020). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now7°C
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
Population1.06M
Local time23:45
38.27° N, 140.87° EElevation 53 mUTC+9 · Japan Standard Time
Postal codes980-0011, 980-0014 …October: high / low18° / 12°
Rain this month148mm
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
Best: May · Sep–Oct. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Sendai at a glance
Sunrise · sunset05:52 · 16:5110 h 59 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 15:02Next holiday3 NovemberCulture DayNext concert3 Novtuki. · 仙台サンプラザホール
Best time to visitMay · Sep–Oct
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month26°C
Average high in August
Coolest month-3°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthAugust
190 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
54 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 14 km
How Sendai has grown
People living in the built-up area (298 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+49%850k in 1975 → 1.27M in 2025Weather in Sendai
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
7°C
Today hour by hourClear · wind 4 km/h · humidity 87%
Today22 Oct14°10°
Fri23 Oct16°5°
Sat24 Oct15°10°23.4 mm
Sun25 Oct22°15°7.1 mm
Mon26 Oct16°14°5.4 mm
Tue27 Oct20°14°11.2 mm
Wed28 Oct12°10°2.5 mm
Thu29 Oct14°9°0.5 mm
Fri30 Oct17°9°3.9 mm
Sat31 Oct19°9°1.5 mm
When to go to Sendai
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 23 | 23 | 25 | 46 | 65 | 57 | 55 | 54 | 59 | 66 | 39 | 24 |
| High | 4° | 5° | 8° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 7° |
| Low | -3° | -3° | 0° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 18° | 12° | 5° | 1° |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 54 | 85 | 111 | 125 | 167 | 202 | 190 | 204 | 148 | 86 | 57 |
| Wet days | 16 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 18 |
What's on in Sendai
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Concerts and shows
3Novtuki.仙台サンプラザホール · 17:00
Sendai's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Sendai
2.2 km
Sendai Tōshō-gūBuilt 1654
1.8 km
Sendai CastleBuilt 1601
2 km
Ōsaki Hachimangū
2.4 km
Tsutsujigaoka TenmangūBuilt 9742.1 km
Mount Aoba (Sendai)
12 km
Taga CastleBuilt 724
Museum1.5 km
Sendai City Museum
Museum1.1 km
Miyagi Museum of ArtMore museums: 三居沢電気百年館 · Sendai Anpanman Children's Museum and Mall · 仙台オルゴールサロン · Sendai Tansu Museum · Date Kahaku Kinenkai · 史跡陸奥国分寺・尼寺跡ガイダンス施設 · TamuTamusha · Honda Memorial Room and IMR gallery · 杜の都れんが下水洞窟 · Tohoku University gallery "Historia" · Tohoku University Archives (Registered Tangible Cultural Properties: Formerly the reading room at Tohoku Imperial University) · Tohoku University Botanical Gardens
Outdoors around Sendai
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
tower of KokeshiViewpoints
0.4 kmBasho no TsujiViewpoints
0.8 kmOasis CenterCamp sites
1.6 km仙塩ゴルフ倶楽部Golf courses
2.4 kmRifu Golf ClubGolf courses
2.5 kmYagiyama BenylandTheme parks
2.7 km泉ヶ岳スキー場Ski area · 6 km of pistes · 2 lifts
19 kmスプリングバレー泉高原スキー場Ski area · 10 km of pistes · 4 lifts
21 kmみやぎ蔵王セントメリースキー場Ski area · 3 km of pistes · 5 lifts
32 km黒伏高原スノーパーク ジャングル・ジャングルSki area · 8 km of pistes · 3 lifts
34 kmダイビングショップ バブルメーカーズ仙台Dive site
9.1 kmNature around Sendai
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Japan seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Sendai
Earthquakes around Sendai
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Last 30 days23magnitude 2.5+ within 300 kmSince 1950526magnitude 5+ within 150 kmSignificant earthquakes on record130within 300 km
Strongest nearby since 1950
9.1Onagawa Chō 82 km →2011 · 132 km
7.7Onagawa Chō 58 km ↘1978 · 102 km
7.6Awashimaura 9 km ↓1964 · 143 km
7.3Minami-Sōma 54 km →2022 · 88 km
Tropical storms · Sendai
C5Typhoon Hagibis (2019)82 km · 120 km/hC2Typhoon Mitag (2019)61 km · 65 km/hC1Typhoon Mindulle (2016)54 km · 93 km/hTSTropical Storm Chanthu (2016)90 km · 102 km/hTSTropical Storm Man-Yi (2013)22 km · 93 km/hC5Typhoon Jelawat (2012)82 km · 93 km/hC5Typhoon Melor (2009)21 km · 83 km/hC4Typhoon Meari (2004)61 km · 65 km/hC2Typhoon Pabuk (2001)99 km · 65 km/hC2Typhoon Opal (1997)39 km · 102 km/hC5Typhoon Flo (1990)55 km · 102 km/hC1Typhoon Winona (1990)21 km · 83 km/hTSTropical Storm Ruby (1985)42 km · 83 km/hC5Typhoon Abby (1983)97 km · 74 km/hC2Typhoon Thad (1981)61 km · 111 km/h
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 4 · 1 km
Neogene · 4
Formations around the town
Universities and research institutes
Miyagi University of EducationUniversity or college · founded 1873
Tohoku Fukushi UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1875
宮城学院女子大学University or college · founded 1886
尚絅学院大学University or college · founded 1892
Sendai Shirayuri Women's CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1893
東北生活文化大学University or college · founded 1900
Miyagi Prefectural visual support schoolUniversity or college · founded 1903
Tohoku UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1907
Miyagi Prefecture Furukawa dawn High SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1920
Miyagi Prefecture Furukawa Technical High SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1934
Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1939
東北学院大学University or college · founded 1949
聖和学園短期大学University or college · founded 1951
Tohoku Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1964
Miyagi Seishin Junior CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1966
Sendai National College of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1971
仙台市立山田中学校University or college · founded 1977
東北文化学園大学University or college · founded 1978
Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Higashi High SchoolUniversity or college · founded 1987
Miyagi UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1997
Sendai Municipal Sendai Commercial High SchoolUniversity or college · founded 2009
仙台青葉学院短期大学University or college · founded 2009
Sendai Seiyo Gakuin UniversityUniversity or college · founded 2024
Miyagi Advanced Dental Hygienist CollegeUniversity or college
Miyagi Prefectural Hearing Support SchoolUniversity or college
Sendai Akamon CollegeUniversity or college
Sendai Vocational College of Health and WelfareUniversity or college
Tohoku Seikatsu Bunka Junior CollegeUniversity or college
Research Institute for Electromagnetic MaterialsResearch institute · founded 1944
Sendai Astronomical ObservatoryResearch institute · founded 1955
Industrial Technology Institute, Miyagi Prefectural GovernmentResearch institute · founded 1968
Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku UniversityResearch institute · founded 2013
Engineering Science Lyon Tohoku, Materials under eXtreme conditionsResearch institute · founded 2016
Photon Science Innovation CenterResearch institute · founded 2016
Advanced Institute of Materials ScienceResearch institute
Control System Security CenterResearch institute
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku UniversityResearch institute
Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and EnvironmentResearch institute
Miyagi Prefecture Environmental Radiation Monitoring CenterResearch institute
Sendai City Education CenterResearch institute
The Japan Institute of Metals and MaterialsResearch institute
Towns and villages around Sendai
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Teppōmachi1.8 kmShimizukōji2.4 kmNagamachi4.4 kmNigatake4.7 kmShin-yashiki4.7 kmOroshimachi5 kmUramachi5.1 kmYamatomachi5.1 kmKōriyama5.7 kmSuwamachi5.7 kmIchinazaka5.9 kmJūmonji6.8 kmNanakita7 kmIwakiri7.6 kmTago8.1 kmArai8.2 kmFukudamachi8.2 kmShimoayashi8.3 kmMoniwa8.5 kmKubo8.8 kmImozawa8.9 kmFukumuro9.2 kmAyashi-chūō9.3 kmOkada9.4 kmOgaku9.5 kmNenoshiroishi10 kmWada-shinden11 kmIdo11 kmAkasaka11 kmFukanuma11 kmMinami-akaishi12 kmKita-akaishi12 kmGamō12 kmFujitsuka12 kmAkiumachi-yumoto13 kmHōzawa13 kmYumoto14 km
Sendai from above
Around Sendai43 places to see, do and reach nearby
Hirose River, MiyagiNature7.5 kmSendai River, MiyagiNature5.6 kmSaikachi RiverNature5.8 kmZaru RiverNature6.6 kmUmeda RiverNature8.8 kmNakoso RiverNature11 kmSabusawa IslandNature24 kmKatsurashimaNature21 kmMount ZaōMountain40 kmByōbu DakeMountain39 kmFunagata volcanoMountain30 kmMount GandoMountain35 kmMount DaitōMountain30 kmMount Kamuro, YamagataMountain33 km泉ヶ岳スキー場Ski area19 kmスプリングバレー泉高原スキー場Ski area21 kmみやぎ蔵王セントメリースキー場Ski area32 km黒伏高原スノーパーク ジャングル・ジャングルSki area34 kmDive siteDive site9.1 kmSendai Tōshō-gūMonument2.2 kmSendai CastleMonument1.8 kmŌsaki HachimangūMonument2.0 kmTsutsujigaoka TenmangūMonument2.4 kmMount Aoba (Sendai)Monument2.1 kmTaga CastleMonument12 kmShiogama ShrineMonument14 kmMutsu Kokubun-ji TempleMonument3.5 kmSendai City MuseumMuseum1.5 kmMiyagi Museum of ArtMuseum1.1 kmTohoku University MuseumMuseum2.7 kmSendai City Museum of History and FolkloreMuseum2.8 kmTohoku Gakuin University MuseumMuseum2.3 kmStationStation1.2 kmStationStation1.5 kmStationStation1.7 kmSendai · ferry portFerry port12 kmSendai · ferry portFerry port12 kmShichigahamaPlace17 kmMatsushimaPlace21 kmShiogamaPlace16 kmRifuPlace12 kmŌsatoPlace23 kmTaiwaPlace19 km
Postal codes
980-0011980-0014980-0801980-0802980-0803980-0804980-0805980-0811980-0812980-0815980-0821980-0822980-0823980-0824980-0845980-0851980-0852980-0853980-0854980-0855980-0856980-0861980-0862980-0863980-0864980-0865980-0866980-0867980-0871980-0872980-0873980-0874981-0911981-0912981-0913981-0914981-0915981-0916981-0917981-0922981-0931981-0932981-0933981-0934981-0935981-0936981-0941981-0942981-0943981-0944981-0945981-0951981-0952981-0962981-0963981-0964981-0965981-0966981-0967989-3121989-3201
Getting to Sendai
Sendai AirportSDJ
15 kmYamagata AirportGAJ
46 kmShonai AirportSYO
112 kmあおば通Railway station
1.2 km仙台Railway station
1.5 km北仙台Railway station
1.7 km仙台港フェリーターミナルビルFerry port
12 km仙台港名古屋フェリー埠頭 · 苫小牧西港フェリーターミナル
12 kmPlaces near Sendai
Places with a climate like Sendai
Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Sendai?
Based on 30-year climate normals, May, September and October offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Sendai.
What is the hottest month in Sendai?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26°C and lows of 21°C.
What is the coldest month in Sendai?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 4°C and lows of -3°C.
What is the rainiest month in Sendai?
August is the wettest month with about 190 mm of precipitation on 18 wet days.
What is the postal code of Sendai?
Sendai has 61 postal codes: 980-0011, 980-0014, 980-0801, 980-0802, 980-0803, 980-0804, 980-0805, 980-0811, 980-0812, 980-0815, 980-0821, 980-0822 ….