Map of Kitakata, Japan

Kitakata is a city in Fukushima, Japan, with a population of about 46,269. It lies at 37.6500°N, 139.8667°E. Kitakata is about 219 km (136 mi) north of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Aizu-Wakamatsu, 19 km to the south.

Kitakata at a glance

Where is Kitakata?

• The 10th largest city in Fukushima on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 33 min on the shortest day to 14 h 46 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kitakata

• Aizu-Wakamatsu — 19 km south
• Yonezawa — 36 km northeast
• Nihommatsu — 50 km east
• Kōriyama — 53 km southeast
• Fukushima — 54 km east
• Shibata — 58 km northwest
• Date — 59 km east
• Agano — 60 km west
• Sukagawa — 61 km southeast
• Gosen — 62 km west

Largest cities in Fukushima

• Iwaki — 357,309
• Kōriyama — 327,692
• Fukushima — 294,237
• Aizu-Wakamatsu — 118,159
• Sukagawa — 74,992
• Date — 59,625
• Shirakawa — 59,491
• Minami-Sōma — 59,005
• Nihommatsu — 53,557
• Tamura — 35,169

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Fukuoka — 1,612,392
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.