⭐️ Total score | 2.55/5 (Rank #936) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
🎒 Community score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 🙂 Okay: $2,809 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🏎 Fast: 42Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Good |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 17°C63°F (feels 18°C64°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 74% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 38 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 |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Good |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Great |
😄 Happiness* | Okay |
🍸 Nightlife | Okay |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Bad |
🖥 Places to work from | Bad |
❄️ 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 | 3 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 42 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 17°C 63°F + 💦 Damp (74%) = feels 18°C 64°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 OK |
🔌 Power | 115V60Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
💸 1,000 JPY in USD | USD 6.90 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | JPY 10,000 = USD 69 |
💸 Tipping | No |
💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
💻 Best coworking space | Tsunaguba |
🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 430,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $38,640 / year |
👫 Gender ratio (population) | 👨 43% 👱♀️ 57% |
👫 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 | $2,809 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,633 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $3,344 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $956 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,538 / month |
🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $2,589 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $543 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $72 / night |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $85 / night |
🏢 Coworking hot desk | $421 / month |
🍛 Dinner | $6 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $2 |
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $4 |
☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $7 / trip |
✅ Very safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ 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
❌ Expensive
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very damp now
❌ 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 | 489° cold | 5412° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 9535° hot | 9736° hot | 9032° hot | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5211° cool |
Real | 5010° cold | 5513° cool | 6116° cool | 6619° mild | 7021° mild | 7725° warm | 8429° very warm | 8429° very warm | 8228° very warm | 7725° warm | 6418° cool | 5412° cool |
Humidity | nice 60% | nice 62% | nice 69% | nice 64% | nice 81% | nice 80% | sweaty 84% | sweaty 89% | sweaty 81% | nice 68% | nice 61% | nice 59% |
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Rain | rainy 64mm | rainy 100mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 137mm | rainy 382mm | rainy 179mm | rainy 193mm | rainy 949mm | rainy 179mm | dry 29mm | rainy 157mm | rainy 71mm |
Cloud | cloudy 66% | cloudy 66% | cloudy 72% | cloudy 76% | cloudy 89% | cloudy 83% | cloudy 88% | cloudy 87% | cloudy 69% | pockets 31% | cloudy 67% | cloudy 64% |
Sun | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 4 UVI | seek shade 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 0 people | 267 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 600 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 600 people | 400 people |
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 😙 Affordable📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun good👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 53😷✈️26min$2,127 / mo41Mbps×I work in Fukuoka and all I can say is that it's a fantastic city. As a disclaimer I happen to be close to fluent in Japanese, and as the metrics here would indicate speaking next to no Japanese might be somewhat difficult, but it's certainly still livable (tons of signage is in English, and there is information on places to go and see in English as well). Also it feels a tad more unexposed in comparison to some of the more major cities, though Fukuoka has a pretty large population at about 1.6
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⭐️ OverallAll 💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey📡 InternetWiFi 🏎 Fast😀 Fun great👮 Safety greatTap to open🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 60°AQI 19✈️1h$3,032 / mo70Mbps×I was here for almost three weeks last month. The internet is fast, and the surroundings are beautiful. The people are friendly, and most of them speak English well. I never felt unsafe during my stay. If you know where to go, there's plenty to do. There are many lovely parks, and the food is delicious and surprisingly affordable (I highly recommend Roxas). The shopping centers are of high quality. It's best to install the Grab app or take taxis for transportation. Public transportation can take
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