⭐️ Total score |
2.79/5 (Rank #153)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍6 liked it 👎0 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Okay |
💵 Cost |
🧐 Pricey: $3,185 / mo
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📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 27 Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Too hot: 32°C90°F (feels 41°C106°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
🥵 Sweaty: 72%
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❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
😐 Moderate: 70 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 43 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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👩 Safe for women |
Good |
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Okay |
🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
🎓 Education level* |
High |
⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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🌊 Vulnerability to climate change |
Bad
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💰 Income level* |
Very high:
$3,220 / mo
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🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
🍸 Nightlife |
Good |
📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Bad |
🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 27 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌧 32°C 90°F + 🥵 Sweaty (72%) = feels 41°C 106°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 70 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Kyoto Station |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Higashiyama South |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.77 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 68 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
☕️ Best coffee place | Ogawa Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 3,029,600 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 58,062 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 45% 👱♀️ 55% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 82% 👱♀️ 18% |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Ambiguous |
💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,185 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,054 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,616 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $747 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,648 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $5,079 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $1,451 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $326,533 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $77 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $167 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $413 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $5 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $9,146 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / trip |
✅ Very beautiful
✅ Unique destination
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here a lot
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Overcrowded with tourists
❌ Very expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
❌ Marijuana is illegal
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels (median) | 6°C / 43°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 14°C / 57°F cool | 18°C / 64°F cool | 22°C / 72°F mild | 25°C / 77°F warm | 37°C / 99°F hot | 35°C / 95°F hot | 25°C / 77°F warm | 24°C / 75°F warm | 16°C / 61°F cool | 9°C / 48°F cold |
Real (median) |
6°C / 43°F
very cold |
10°C / 49°F
cold |
14°C / 57°F
cool |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
22°C / 71°F
mild |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
30°C / 85°F
very warm |
29°C / 84°F
very warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
24°C / 75°F
warm |
15°C / 59°F
cool |
9°C / 48°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 65% |
nice 61% |
nice 64% |
nice 61% |
nice 75% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 86% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 81% |
nice 72% |
nice 65% |
nice 67% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 73mm |
rainy 78mm |
rainy 134mm |
rainy 136mm |
rainy 156mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 251mm |
rainy 146mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 58mm |
rainy 76mm |
rainy 71mm |
Cloud |
pockets 36% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 41% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 57% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 51% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 34% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 33% |
Air quality |
clean 44 US AQI |
okay 51 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
okay 50 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 46 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 41 US AQI |
Sun |
seek shade 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,000 people | 850 people | 2,050 people | 1,800 people | 1,517 people | 1,600 people | 892 people | 815 people | 1,154 people | 1,388 people | 1,214 people | 1,180 people |
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