Dielectric ceramics include a sintered body comprising a principal ingredient, when represented by:
ABO3+aRe+bM+Zr oxide
where ABO3 is a barium titanate-based solid solution having a perovskite structure, Re is at least one oxide of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu and/or Y, M is at least one oxide of Mg, Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, and/or Zn, a and b each represents a mol number of the oxides per 1 mol of ABO3 within a range of:
1.100≦Ba/Ti≦1.700, 0.05≦a≦0.25, 0.05≦b≦0.25, Ti:Zr=95:5 to 60:40.