Kita-ku (北区) is one of four wards of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The ward has an area of 451.03 km2 and a population of 295,312. The population density is 655 per square kilometer. The name means "North Ward." The wards of Okayama were established when Okayama became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2009. The city has its municipal headquarters in kita-ku. The South Korean government maintains the Korea Education Institution in Kita-ku.

Geography

Climate

Kurashiki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kurashiki is 14.0 C. The average annual rainfall is 1249.8 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.3 C, and lowest in January, at around 2.5 C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Kurashiki was 39.0 C on 16 July 1994; the coldest temperature ever recorded was -10.1 C on 9 January 2021.