2.96/5
85 reviews
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Nara

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✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Good hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ LGBTQ+ friendly

❌ Cold now

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ Many people smoke tobacco

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

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freezing

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freezing

Humidity

too dry
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Most common

Rain

dry
0mm

Cloud

clear
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Remote workers

686 people

1,200 people

1,000 people

1,350 people

686 people

600 people

720 people

600 people

1,200 people

1,320 people

700 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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London

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Paris

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👍 Liked good

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Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	2.96/5 (Rank #565) 85 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Okay
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😙 Affordable: $2,202 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 41 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 13°C55°F (feels 13°C55°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 67%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	😍 Very high: 91%
👌 Safety	Great
👩 Safe for women	Good
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Okay
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Great
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Bad
💰 Income level*	Very high: $3,220 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Bad
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Good
😄 Happiness*	Okay
🍸 Nightlife	Okay
📶 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	1 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	41 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌧 13°C 55°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 13°C 55°F
🔌 Power	115V 60Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Line Taxi
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 1,000 JPY in USD	USD 6.35
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	JPY 10,000 = USD 64
💸 Tipping	No
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👎2% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	360,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$38,640 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 43% 👱‍♀️ 57%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 55% 👱‍♀️ 45%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 75% 👱‍♀️ 25%
🏞 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	$2,202 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$1,548 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$2,535 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$724 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$1,085 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$3,038 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$445 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$51 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$100 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$127 / month
🍛 Dinner	$6
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$1
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$5
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$3