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| ⭐️ Total score | 671 reviews |
| ❤️ Liked by members | |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
| 👶 Family score | |
| 🎒 Community score | |
| 💵 Cost | |
| 📡 Internet | |
| 😝 Fun | |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) | |
| 💦 Humidity (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | |
| 💨 Air quality (annual) | |
| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| ✈️ Airline scores* | |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 28 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 9°C 48°F + 😊 Comfy (61%) = feels 9°C 48°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 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 |
Safetywing
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| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.50 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 65 |
| 💸 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) |
👨 83% 👱♀️ 17% |
| 🏞 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 | $3,323 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,846 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,511 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $718 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $2,679 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,371 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $461 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $125 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $143 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $397 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $8,781 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $9 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ 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
❌ Very expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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 |
43
6° cold |
48
9° cold |
57
14° cool |
64
18° cool |
72
22° mild |
77
25° warm |
86
30° warm |
84
29° warm |
77
25° warm |
75
24° warm |
61
16° cool |
48
9° cold |
| Real |
43
6°
very cold |
49
10°
cold |
57
14°
cool |
63
17°
cool |
71
22°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
85
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
77
25°
warm |
75
24°
warm |
59
15°
cool |
48
9°
cold |
| Humidity |
nice 33% |
nice 30% |
nice 32% |
nice 31% |
nice 38% |
nice 39% |
nice 43% |
nice 43% |
nice 40% |
nice 36% |
nice 32% |
nice 34% |
| 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 | 877 people | 633 people | 1,891 people | 1,600 people | 1,250 people | 1,420 people | 933 people | 767 people | 1,167 people | 1,280 people | 1,292 people | 1,100 people |
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