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| ⭐️ Total score | 532 reviews |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 🤮 Food safety* | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| ⚡️ Power grid | |
| 🌊 Vulnerability to climate change | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Hospitals | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
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| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Japan |
| ⏱ Average trip length | 5 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 64 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 11°C 52°F + 😊 Comfy (52%) = feels 11°C 52°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 61 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 43 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Kyoto Station |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Higashiyama South |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.79 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 68 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Ogawa Coffee |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍10% 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) | 👨 85% 👱♀️ 15% |
| 🏞 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 | $3,001 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,800 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,624 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $750 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,840 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $4,054 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $481 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $86 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $133 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $415 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $3 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $9,172 / year |
| 📱 Mobile data (~10GB) | $10 / month |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $8 / 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
✅ Family friendly
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ Too expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels | 457° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6619° mild | 7222° mild | 8630° warm | 10239° hot | 10239° hot | 8831° hot | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5211° cool |
| Real | 468° cold | 5010° cold | 5915° cool | 6418° cool | 7222° mild | 8127° warm | 8630° very warm | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 6317° cool | 5211° cool |
| Humidity | nice 65% | nice 61% | nice 64% | nice 61% | nice 75% | sweaty 77% | sweaty 86% | sweaty 85% | sweaty 81% | nice 72% | nice 65% | nice 67% |
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| Rain | rainy 73mm | rainy 76mm | rainy 141mm | rainy 189mm | rainy 240mm | rainy 186mm | rainy 256mm | rainy 321mm | rainy 148mm | rainy 58mm | rainy 67mm | rainy 111mm |
| Cloud | cloudy 57% | cloudy 55% | cloudy 70% | cloudy 62% | overcast 91% | cloudy 84% | cloudy 77% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 86% | cloudy 52% | cloudy 50% | cloudy 54% |
| 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 | 836 people | 560 people | 1,418 people | 1,283 people | 964 people | 1,267 people | 800 people | 655 people | 982 people | 1,027 people | 1,092 people | 1,022 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 1° 34° 4° 39°AQI 54😷✈️12h$5,553 / mo🌇 Also went here298 peopleI find it difficult to understand what people see in this city. The cost to benefit ratio is just so terribly bad! This is by far the most expensive city in Europe (especially in terms of rent), with hardly anything to offer in comparision with other cities like Barcelona, Lisbon or Warsaw. The weather is just average, with cold and windy winters and mediocre summers. It's difficult to come by restaurants that offer anything other than Indian fast food for a decent price - most places are just u
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 5° 41° 7° 45°AQI 57😷✈️13h$5,976 / mo🌇 Also went here331 peopleI 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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