⭐️ Total score | 2.04/5 (Rank #1086) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🧐 Pricey: $3,960 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 33Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 Too cold: 12°C54°F (feels 12°C54°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 😊 Comfy: 46% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Good: 65 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Good: 57 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Great |
🤮 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 |
😤 People density | 🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 16x16m) |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 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 |
👩 Female friendly | Good |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Okay |
🎅 Startup Score | Bad |
🌍 Continent | Asia |
🚩 Country | Japan |
🗓️ Average trip length | 6 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 33 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 12°C 54°F + 😊 Comfy (46%) = feels 12°C 54°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 65 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎😷 57 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Higashi |
🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Hakata Extended |
🚕 Best taxi app* | Line Taxi |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | Safetywing |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.70 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 67 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Regus |
☕️ Best coffee place | Red Coffee |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
♻️ Return rate | 👍11% of visitors return |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,500,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 16x16m (256m²) per person |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
👫 Gender ratio (young adults) | 👨 55% 👱♀️ 45% |
👫 Gender ratio (nomads) | 👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
🏞 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 |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $3,960 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $2,724 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $2,607 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $745 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,954 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $7,680 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $2,194 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $92 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $252 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $409 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
👩🏫 International school | $16,538 / year |
📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $26 / month |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $14 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Perfect humidity now
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomad List 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
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 468° cold | 436° cold | 5513° cool | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° warm | 8429° warm | 8228° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 489° cold |
Real | 468° cold | 447° cold | 5513° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 7926° warm | 8630° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7323° mild | 6116° cool | 489° cold |
Humidity | nice 31% | nice 30% | nice 34% | nice 30% | nice 37% | nice 38% | nice 42% | nice 45% | nice 41% | nice 34% | nice 32% | too dry 30% |
Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
Rain | rainy 63mm | rainy 81mm | rainy 116mm | rainy 96mm | rainy 150mm | rainy 155mm | rainy 131mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 170mm | dry 34mm | rainy 89mm | rainy 54mm |
Cloud | pockets 43% | pockets 37% | pockets 41% | pockets 39% | pockets 50% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 51% | cloudy 56% | pockets 49% | pockets 25% | pockets 43% | pockets 37% |
Air quality | okay 59 US AQI | okay 63 US AQI | okay 67 US AQI | okay 65 US AQI | okay 68 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 55 US AQI | okay 52 US AQI | okay 51 US AQI | okay 61 US AQI | okay 58 US AQI |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 350 people | 320 people | 725 people | 440 people | 475 people | 400 people | 314 people | 500 people | 475 people | 933 people | 500 people | 367 people |
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Gimhae is a nice area to stay if you enjoy nature, art galleries, shops, and a smaller city feel near the airport. You will have access to Busan as well. The light rail is a handy automated above ground rail to use. The line goes into Gimhae, to the Gimhae International Airport, and slightly into Busan before having to shift to another metro or transportation line. Gimhae also has a Costco and major supermarkets. The street art is also quirky.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 46✈️17min$1,919 / mo44Mbps×Jeju now has more coworking spaces across the island due to the remote worker trend going on in Korea. You would have to locate many via google maps though. 1 month stays are trending on the island as well for Korean remote workers. The free coworking space in Jeju city still exists. New hotels are popping up as well. Pandemic travel to the island has given it more life from mainland Koreans. It's good to see the new growth and tech efforts. Jeju still has a lot more potential for the future.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌤 Feels 9° 48° 11° 51°AQI 36✈️1h$2,982 / mo54Mbps×I only stayed for 3 weeks cause the life is kind of boring compared to Tokyo or Osaka. It helps a lot if you speak some korean since not many people speak english and most restaurants don't have english menu. The internet is fast but the public transportation is always crowded.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 10° 50° 10° 50°AQI 30✈️43min$2,483 / mo75Mbps×Pros: Friendly people, safe, stable government, efficient and fast public transportation, established foreigner (gaijin) population due many English teachers, many great food options, many festivals (cherry blossom fest), onsens! Cons: Expensive, work til you die at your desk mentality, drunken businessman culture, groping on packed public transit, lack of mental health services so be cautious around the destitute, over sexualization of underage females, high risk if caught with illegal substan
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 53😷✈️38min$2,411 / mo69Mbps×Okinawa is an amazing place to live. I sadly just recently moved from Okinawa to Texas, but I spent my past 9 years on that island. If you ever get the chance to live there, you definitely should. The beaches are so nice, and the people are quite friendly off base. They also have some amazing food you ought to try.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety greatTap to open☀️ Feels 21° 70° 20° 68°✈️1h$2,586 / mo33Mbps×Gimhae is a nice area to stay if you enjoy nature, art galleries, shops, and a smaller city feel near the airport. You will have access to Busan as well. The light rail is a handy automated above ground rail to use. The line goes into Gimhae, to the Gimhae International Airport, and slightly into Busan before having to shift to another metro or transportation line. Gimhae also has a Costco and major supermarkets. The street art is also quirky.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked very bad👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 10° 50° 11° 52°AQI 46✈️17min$1,919 / mo44Mbps×A dystopian cyberpunk metropolis, a veritable Night City, both chaotic and well run, livable yet poisonous. Follow the classic advice: stay near the BTS, skyscraper condo, work from mall libraries, cafes, and commons, don’t be outside. Outsource your chores. On a western salary or with savings, you’ll be playing life on easy mode. Focus your energy on meeting people, honing your body, and learning new skills. There’s a reason it’s number 1. You can disagree, but try to find it.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open☀️ Feels 40° 104° 34° 93°🥵AQI 90😷✈️5h$1,423 / mo86Mbps×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🙂 Okay📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked great👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°✈️3h$2,793 / mo77Mbps×Pros: Friendly people, safe, stable government, efficient and fast public transportation, established foreigner (gaijin) population due many English teachers, many great food options, many festivals (cherry blossom fest), onsens! Cons: Expensive, work til you die at your desk mentality, drunken businessman culture, groping on packed public transit, lack of mental health services so be cautious around the destitute, over sexualization of underage females, high risk if caught with illegal substan
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 63😷✈️2h$2,138 / mo🌇 Also went here60 people×Hong Kong is a great city with dense urban areas but also nature and hiking routes only 15 minutes away. There are restaurants for every taste and budget, from the best US fast casual chains to high end Michelin star restaurants. It's also extremely safe, despite recent political instability.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety mediocreTap to open🌥 Feels 39° 102° 34° 94°🥵✈️5h$1,081 / mo🌇 Also went here49 people×Chiang Mai has had a deep Buddhist influence running over the last 1,000 years and this can be felt in the helpfulness, patience and generosity of the Thai and long-term transplants you come across. The city has an active community scene (nomads, spiritual seekers, hikers, creatives), several mountains with hiking spots and waterfalls surrounding the city, over 20 water bodies inside the city -- many have cafes and walks around, several public parks, and over 13 national parks with campgrounds w
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😝 Cheap📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked good👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 36° 97° 36° 98°🥵AQI 174😷✈️5h$973 / mo🌇 Also went here62 people×A dystopian cyberpunk metropolis, a veritable Night City, both chaotic and well run, livable yet poisonous. Follow the classic advice: stay near the BTS, skyscraper condo, work from mall libraries, cafes, and commons, don’t be outside. Outsource your chores. On a western salary or with savings, you’ll be playing life on easy mode. Focus your energy on meeting people, honing your body, and learning new skills. There’s a reason it’s number 1. You can disagree, but try to find it.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety greatTap to open🌧 Feels 37° 99° 31° 87°🥵✈️6h$4,235 / mo🌇 Also went here65 people×I've been hanging out in Berlin on and off for 30 years. It is very safe for women. It is much friendlier than it used to be. There are loads of vegan restaurants now. The nightlife and specially jazz clubs are amazing! I have an excellent apartment to rent out in Wedding - which used to have a boring reputation but now is very cool.
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 5° 41° 6° 42°AQI 42✈️12h$3,749 / mo🌇 Also went here52 people×I don't understand why London has so high safety rating. Your phone could be stolen and your bicycle WILL be stolen here (or a part of it). I live here 8.5 years and I experienced the above multiple times. Police seems only cares about crime against person by whatever reason. Insure everything expensive that you own. I would also add that antisocial behaviour is quite common here and teenagers are heavily involved in crimes as police don't do anything with them because of their age. Basically th
⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😳 Way too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked bad👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 38✈️13h$5,642 / mo🌇 Also went here53 people×I have heard of a friend of a friend that in France it is important to bring sandpaper and to have suitable medical insurance which covers eye reconstruction surgery. “Well worth a visit, would recommend”.
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast👍 Liked mediocre👮 Safety goodTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 72😷✈️14h$4,205 / mo🌇 Also went here54 people×New York is cool. I’ve visited multiple times to see my family throughout my life, and recently came back from my first post-COVID trip there. Yes, it’s very expensive — but there is no city on earth that’s more captivating in my opinion. I used to think that New Yorkers were smug by claiming that NYC was better than everywhere else, but now I totally get it lol. My personal favourite neighbourhood is the Upper East Side, which is where you’ll find the coveted Museum Mile. But I also
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