Map of Tenri, Japan

Tenri is a city in Nara, Japan, with a population of about 71,052. It lies at 34.5833°N, 135.8333°E. Tenri is about 372 km (231 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Yamatokōriyama, 6 km to the northwest.

Tenri at a glance

Where is Tenri?

• The 6th largest city in Nara on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 50 min on the shortest day to 14 h 28 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Tenri

• Yamatokōriyama — 6 km northwest
• Kashihara-shi — 9 km southwest
• Sakurai — 9 km south
• Yamato-Takada — 11 km southwest
• Nara-shi — 12 km north
• Kashiba — 13 km southwest
• Ikoma — 17 km northwest
• Katsuragi — 17 km southwest
• Kizugawa — 17 km north
• Kashihara — 20 km west

Largest cities in Nara

• Nara-shi — 367,353
• Kashihara-shi — 124,521
• Ikoma — 120,741
• Yamatokōriyama — 83,285
• Kashiba — 78,113
• Yamato-Takada — 61,744
• Sakurai — 58,386
• Katsuragi — 37,352
• Gojō — 34,342

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.