Editing Sodegaura (section)

==Geography==
Sodegaura located in the central western Chiba prefecture, about 25 kilometers from the prefectural capital at [[Chiba (city)|Chiba]], and within 30 to 40 kilometers from central Tokyo. The city is on the [[Kantō Plain]] and faces [[Tokyo Bay]] to the west with a 28.7 kilometer shoreline. The shoreline is mostly reclaimed land with an industrial area centered on the petrochemical complex; then main urban area is also on the coast, centered on [[Sodegaura Station]]. The city measures approximately 14.0 kilometers from east to west and 13.5 kilometers from north to south.

===Surrounding municipalities===
Chiba Prefecture
*[[Ichihara, Chiba|Ichihara]]
*[[Kisarazu, Chiba|Kisarazu]]

===Climate===
Sodegaura has a [[humid subtropical climate]] (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall.  The average annual temperature in Sodegaura is 15.3&nbsp;°C. The average annual rainfall is 1584&nbsp;mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.4&nbsp;°C, and lowest in January, at around 5.4&nbsp;°C.<ref>[https://en.climate-data.org/asia/japan/chiba/sodegaura-764635/  Sodegaura climate data]</ref>