⭐️ Total score |
2.85/5 (Rank #102)
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❤️ Liked by members |
👍11 liked it 👎2 disliked it
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👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
👶 Family score |
Okay |
🎒 Community score |
Good |
💵 Cost |
🙂 Okay: $2,898 / mo
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📡 Internet |
🙂 Good: 25Mbps (avg)
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😝 Fun |
Okay |
⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🌞 Perfect: 23°C74°F (feels 23°C73°F)
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💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 75%
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💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 74 US AQI
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💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 43 US AQI
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👌 Safety |
Great
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🤮 Food safety* |
Great
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👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Great
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🤝 Lack of racism* |
Bad |
🎓 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 |
😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 6k ppl/km² (1 per 13x13m)
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🚶 Walkability |
Great |
🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
✈️ Airline scores* |
Good |
🧳 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 |
👩 Female friendly |
Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly |
Good |
🎅 Startup Score |
Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 5 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 25 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌦 23°C 74°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 23°C 73°F
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💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 74 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* |
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🚑 Travel medical insurance |
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💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.94 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 69 |
💸 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 | 👍13% of visitors return |
📸 Visitors per year | 6,133,100 visitors |
📸 Tourists now | 117,541 tourists |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,700,000 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) |
👨 84% 👱♀️ 16% |
🏞 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 | $2,898 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,650 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,812 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $803 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,895 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $3,121 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $541 / month |
🏠 Median home price | $290,085 |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $89 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $102 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $423 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $10,250 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $19 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $10 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast public transportation
✅ Friendly people
✅ Great food options
✅ Established foreigner community
✅ Fast internet
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Nomads.com members liked going here
✅ Many Nomads.com members here all year round
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Safe for women
✅ Family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Very expensive
❌ Overworked culture
❌ Sexism and harassment issues
❌ Strict drug laws
❌ Expensive
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ 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) | 7°C / 45°F cold | 9°C / 48°F cold | 15°C / 59°F cool | 19°C / 66°F mild | 22°C / 72°F mild | 28°C / 82°F warm | 38°C / 100°F hot | 38°C / 100°F hot | 30°C / 86°F warm | 25°C / 77°F warm | 17°C / 63°F cool | 10°C / 50°F cold |
Real (median) |
8°C / 46°F
cold |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
15°C / 58°F
cool |
18°C / 64°F
cool |
22°C / 72°F
mild |
26°C / 79°F
warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
30°C / 86°F
very warm |
27°C / 81°F
warm |
25°C / 77°F
warm |
17°C / 63°F
cool |
10°C / 50°F
cold |
Humidity |
nice 58% |
nice 60% |
nice 63% |
nice 58% |
nice 76% |
nice 76% |
sweaty 82% |
sweaty 83% |
sweaty 76% |
nice 70% |
nice 63% |
nice 64% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 65mm |
rainy 124mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 143mm |
rainy 170mm |
rainy 208mm |
rainy 116mm |
rainy 155mm |
rainy 62mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 65mm |
Cloud |
pockets 31% |
pockets 32% |
pockets 40% |
pockets 38% |
cloudy 55% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 47% |
cloudy 54% |
cloudy 53% |
pockets 31% |
pockets 33% |
pockets 31% |
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 |
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 |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
Remote workers | 1,183 people | 1,400 people | 2,455 people | 1,987 people | 1,757 people | 1,436 people | 914 people | 747 people | 1,338 people | 1,541 people | 1,709 people | 1,418 people |
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