| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.9/5 (Rank #45)
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| ❤️ Liked by members |
👍13 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😙 Affordable: $2,472 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
😡 Slow: 22 Mbps (avg)
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| 😝 Fun |
Okay |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥵 Hot: 29°C84°F (feels 33°C91°F)
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| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 70%
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| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 91%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 26 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+ |
Good |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
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| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Bad
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| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$3,220 / mo
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| 🙊 English speaking* |
Bad |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Okay |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Bad |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Okay |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 22 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 29°C 84°F + 😊 Comfy (70%) = feels 33°C 91°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 26 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 💸 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 |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Osakan Space |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | Juso Coworking |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Tully's Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍14% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 6,133,100 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 117,541 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 13,000,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🤨 busy: 13x13m (169m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 46% 👱♀️ 54% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | All Nippon Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Japan Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Osaka University Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,472 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,765 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $3,311 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $946 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,381 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,028 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $712 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $267,529 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $65 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $99 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $127 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $13,132 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $17 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast public transportation
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great food
✅ Established expat community
✅ Many cultural festivals
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ 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
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Expensive
❌ Overworked culture
❌ Issues with public transit behavior
❌ Short tourist visa
❌ Limited mental health services
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now
❌ Feels crowded
❌ 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) |
745° cold |
1050° cold |
1559° cool |
1864° cool |
2272° mild |
2984° warm |
38100° hot |
38100° hot |
3188° hot |
2577° warm |
1763° cool |
948° cold |
| Real (median) |
846°
cold |
1151°
cool |
1558°
cool |
1864°
cool |
2272°
mild |
2679°
warm |
3086°
very warm |
3086°
very warm |
2781°
very warm |
2577°
warm |
1763°
cool |
1050°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 71% |
damp 71% |
damp 71% |
nice 68% |
nice 78% |
nice 80% |
sweaty 84% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 80% |
nice 77% |
damp 73% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 125mm |
rainy 122mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 171mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 117mm |
rainy 155mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 66mm |
| Cloud |
pockets 48% |
cloudy 53% |
cloudy 66% |
cloudy 63% |
cloudy 67% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 71% |
cloudy 62% |
cloudy 74% |
pockets 46% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 49% |
| Air quality |
clean 41 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 54 US AQI |
okay 53 US AQI |
okay 52 US AQI |
clean 42 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
clean 44 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 49 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
seek shade 6 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
safe 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
| Remote workers | 3,738 people | 4,691 people | 7,700 people | 6,413 people | 5,840 people | 4,477 people | 3,200 people | 2,850 people | 4,886 people | 5,467 people | 5,100 people | 4,385 people |
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