Skip to content
World Measure
City profile · Japan · Asia

Honjō

City population
78,569
#350
in Japan
#28
in Saitama
#7,339
worldwide
TokyoHonjō
36.238, 139.190 · 76 km from Tokyo
Share of Japan
0.1%
Of the national population
Elevation
59 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
To Tokyo
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
IANA zone identifier

About Honjō

Honjō is a city in Saitama, Japan with a population of 78,569. It is the 350th largest of the 1,216 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Japan, and the 7,339th largest worldwide. It lies 76 km from Tokyo.

Position in Japan
#350of 1,216
LargestSmallest
Position in Saitama
#28of 63
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Rank in region
#28of 63
Coordinates
36.238, 139.190
Record updated
29 December 2024
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 1,216 in Japan

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

Explore