Living in Agano

In Agano, rents across existing tenancies average €5.51 per m² a month (2023).

Agano registered an unemployment rate of 3.79% at the end of 2020. Agano had a population density of 211.1 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2427 sources

Population38,454people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total

Median gross salary (region)232.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.51EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 12% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.79%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)

Recorded crime462.5incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · 令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2

PM2.5, annual mean7.26µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 66% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 78% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Agano?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

Japan's Housing and Land Survey monthly-rent measure excludes security deposits, key money/right money and common-area charges. The Ministry of Land says deposit terms vary by regional custom; these sources provide context, not a comparable city-level distribution. Statistics Bureau glossary (2018) · MLIT rental-housing Q&A.

How much does it cost to rent in Agano?

Average net cold rent is about 5.51 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 5.51 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesAgano highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Agano€5.51

Show the other 6 cities

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	31.61 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモ¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.51 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official

Is Agano a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 41–59%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–66%

Student50%strong on education, weak on work · range 42–58%

Family55%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 46–64%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 331 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.51 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2023 Housing and Land Survey

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Agano?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.79 % · 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Agano is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	232.9 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3.79 %country median 3.8% — about the same	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表)¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Agano?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€0of €0 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	outside the model's range
Rent, 60 m²€5.51/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €331
Internet€32 · official · ドコモ光月額料金 · 2026-09-30	− €32
Mobile plan€22 · official · docomo mini 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	—

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Agano Salary needed to live in Agano

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Agano. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Job Search

Search jobs

Open the Japan service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Agano. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	13 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127⁷Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	8.35 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.953 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	106.6 per 100,000	2022	Exact e-Stat municipality row I6100 (医師数), derived with the exact same-JIS e-Stat A2301 total resident population row. No prefecture or parent-area value is used.⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Agano when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Physicians per 1,000 residents0.953 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	462.5 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和７年の犯罪情勢 / 令和７年の犯罪情勢統計表, 図表1-5-2¹⁷Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Agano's nearest airport was KIJ, 16 km away and offered 10 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	10 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Destinations from nearest airport	13 count	2024	Unique direct scheduled destination endpoints for the nearest scheduled-service airport in the complete 97-airport MLIT universe; domestic endpoints come from the official 2024 annual route table and international endpoints from the official 2024 summer and winter direct scheduled-flight tables.¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	16 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KIJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Agano. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course

Agency for Cultural Affairs

For foreigners living in Japan.

JapaneseIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full Japan section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Agano.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 2.5°C in January and 24.9°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 180.9 mm in January and 222.3 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 56.4 hours in January and 162.1 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Agano?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.26 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸

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Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.3WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in JapanAnnual PM2.5 in Agano is 7.3 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Agano 7.3

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.26 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.3 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 16.1 · May 21.3 · Jun 24.8 · Jul 28.7 · Aug 30.8 · Sep 26.4 · Oct 20.7 · Nov 14.3 · Dec 8.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NIIGATA¹³Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 7 · May 12.7 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 19 · Oct 12.8 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 2.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NIIGATA¹³Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 6.2 · Apr 11.3 · May 16.7 · Jun 20.9 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 26.5 · Sep 22.5 · Oct 16.7 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 5.3 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NIIGATA¹³Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 180.9 · Feb 115.8 · Mar 112 · Apr 97.2 · May 94.4 · Jun 121.1 · Jul 222.3 · Aug 163.4 · Sep 151.9 · Oct 157.7 · Nov 203.5 · Dec 225.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NIIGATA¹³Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 56.4 · Feb 74.3 · Mar 136.8 · Apr 177.7 · May 202.8 · Jun 179.2 · Jul 162.1 · Aug 205.2 · Sep 156.2 · Oct 138.2 · Nov 91.5 · Dec 62.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station NIIGATA¹³Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Hakusan ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.9 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.3 °C, Reims (France) ±3.7 °C, Werl (Germany) ±3.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Agano?

The published population was 38,454 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	192.7 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)¹⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	1.13 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²¹Official
Foreign residents	434 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²¹Official
Population density	211.1 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)²⁰Official
Population	38,454 people	1 Jan 2026	Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹¹Official

International community in Agano

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Persons in the official 2020 Population Census Basic Complete Tabulation on Population and Households; sex-total population by source-native nationality category. · 2020

Published group	People	Share
Total	40,696	100.0%
Japanese	40,371	99.2%
Foreigner	240	0.6%
People's Republic of China	111	0.3%
Nationality not reported	85	0.2%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	70	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	21	0.1%
Republic of Korea	17	0.0%
Others	11	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	5	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	3	0.0%

Show 2 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Federative Republic of Brazil	1	0.0%
Republic of Peru	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	54.5 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Agano

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Gosen as an Agano alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Rent: €4.20/m² Gosen vs €5.51/m² Agano−24%
Foreign residents: 1.5% Gosen vs 1.1% Agano+32%
Unemployment: 3.4% Gosen vs 3.8% Agano−11%
Median gross pay, region: €233 Gosen vs €233 Aganosame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 463 Gosen vs 463 Aganosame level
Annual PM2.5: 7.3 µg/m³ Gosen vs 7.3 µg/m³ Aganosame level

Full comparison More about Gosen

Minamiuonuma as an Agano alternative in the same country

91 km away, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 3.0% Minamiuonuma vs 1.1% Agano+166%
Unemployment: 3.3% Minamiuonuma vs 3.8% Agano−12%
Residents: 51,603 Minamiuonuma vs 38,454 Agano+34%
Rent: €5.34/m² Minamiuonuma vs €5.51/m² Agano−3%
Median gross pay, region: €241 Minamiuonuma vs €233 Agano+4%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 463 Minamiuonuma vs 463 Aganosame level

Full comparison More about Minamiuonuma

Cities near Agano

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Gosen 10.7 km away

Rent: 4.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Shibata 15.4 km away

Rent: 6.21 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Niigata 20.2 km away

Rent: 7.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kamo 24.8 km away

Rent: 4.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Agano, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Suibara38,454 residents Miyoshi-machi38,434 residents Ibara38,384 residents Tamba-Sasayama38,525 residents Nakama38,626 residents Shibata-machi38,271 residents

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Agano?

The published population was 38,454 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Agano?

Average net cold rent is about 5.51 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 386 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Agano?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.3 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Agano?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 就業状態等基本集計第1-2表).

What is the typical salary around Agano?

The median gross salary is 232.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Agano a good place to live?

Agano may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Agano?

Gosen, Shibata, Muramatsu, Niigata, Kamo are near Agano. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Japanese citizenship group in Agano?

The official citizenship distribution records 40,371 people (99.2%) in the source-defined population for 2020. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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