Map of Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto is the administrative centre of Kyoto, Japan, with a population of about 1,463,723. It lies at 35.0211°N, 135.7538°E. Kyoto is about 365 km (227 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kamigyō-ku, 1 km to the north.

Kyoto at a glance

Where is Kyoto?

• The 9th largest city in Japan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 48 min on the shortest day to 14 h 31 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Kyoto

• Kamigyō-ku — 1 km north
• Arashiyama — 7 km west
• Mukō — 8 km southwest
• Ōtsu — 11 km east
• Uji — 15 km south
• Kameoka — 16 km west
• Yawata — 17 km south
• Kusatsu — 19 km east
• Jōyō — 20 km south
• Moriyama — 21 km east

Largest cities in Kyoto

• Uji — 192,925
• Kameoka — 97,181
• Maizuru — 92,465
• Kamigyō-ku — 83,000
• Kizugawa — 77,907
• Fukuchiyama — 77,306
• Jōyō — 74,607
• Kyōtanabe — 73,753
• Yawata — 71,656
• Tanabe — 65,903

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
• Saitama — 1,324,854
• Hiroshima — 1,200,754

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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.