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Living in Aira

In Aira, rents across existing tenancies average €5.42 per m² a month (2023).

Aira's unemployment stood at 4.31% at the end of 2020. Aira had a population density of 330.2 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population76,348people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)250.9EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent5.42EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 14% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.31%country median 3.8% — 14% aboveOfficial 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 crime551incidents 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 mean10.48µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 68% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 75% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 91% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in JapanNational rates and thresholds that apply in Aira.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 Aira?

Average net cold rent is about 5.42 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): 5.42 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp15
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Aira recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesAira highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Aira highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Aira€5.42
Show the other 6 cities
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.42 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp15Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)270.2 EUR/month31 Oct 2023Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura5Official

Is Aira 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%
Student63%strong on education, weak on work · range 55–71%
Family65%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 56–74%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 325 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.42 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 Aira?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.31 % · 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)20
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Aira is 4.3%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)250.9 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Unemployment rate4.31 %country median 3.8%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)20Official

What does a salary buy in Aira?

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

regional median gross pay: €251 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
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€5.42/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €325
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 Aira Salary needed to live in Aira

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Aira. 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
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Open the Japan service overview

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools28 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311279Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents23.69 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.44 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents190.8 per 100,0002022Exact 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 Aira 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 residents2.44 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents551 incidents per 100,00031 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1-5-218Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Aira's nearest airport was KOJ, 12 km away and offered 12 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport12 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights11Official
Destinations from nearest airport21 count2024Unique 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.13Official
Distance to the nearest major airport12 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)KOJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports12Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Aira. 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
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Aira.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 8.7°C in January to 28.1°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 78.3 mm in January and 365.1 mm in July. Aira's average monthly sunshine was 132.6 hours in January and 185.5 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Aira?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.5 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: 10.48 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202310
Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Aira is 10.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean10.48 µg/m³31 Dec 2023NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 202310Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 13.1 · Feb 14.6 · Mar 17.5 · Apr 21.8 · May 25.5 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 31.9 · Aug 32.7 · Sep 30.2 · Oct 25.8 · Nov 20.6 · Dec 15.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KAGOSHIMA14Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by monthJan 4.9 · Feb 5.8 · Mar 8.7 · Apr 12.9 · May 17.3 · Jun 21.3 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 26 · Sep 23.2 · Oct 18 · Nov 12.2 · Dec 6.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KAGOSHIMA14Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by monthJan 8.7 · Feb 9.9 · Mar 12.8 · Apr 17.1 · May 21 · Jun 24 · Jul 28.1 · Aug 28.8 · Sep 26.3 · Oct 21.6 · Nov 16.2 · Dec 10.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KAGOSHIMA14Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by monthJan 78.3 · Feb 112.7 · Mar 161 · Apr 194.9 · May 205.2 · Jun 570 · Jul 365.1 · Aug 224.3 · Sep 222.9 · Oct 104.6 · Nov 102.5 · Dec 93.2 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KAGOSHIMA14Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by monthJan 132.6 · Feb 139.3 · Mar 163.2 · Apr 175.6 · May 178.2 · Jun 109.3 · Jul 185.5 · Aug 206.9 · Sep 176.4 · Oct 184 · Nov 157.7 · Dec 143.2 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KAGOSHIMA14Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±1.4 °C. Elsewhere: Carrollton (United States) ±1.9 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±1.9 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±2.4 °C, Houston (United States) ±2.8 °C, Pasadena (United States) ±2.8 °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 Aira?

The published population was 76,348 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area231.3 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)19Official
Foreign-resident share0.999 %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 residents780 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)21Official
Population density330.2 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)6Official
Population76,348 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table6Official

International community in Aira

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 groupPeopleShare
Total76,348100.0%
Japanese75,73399.2%
Foreigner3510.5%
Nationality not reported2640.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1750.2%
People's Republic of China610.1%
Others360.0%
Republic of the Philippines350.0%
Republic of Korea130.0%
United States of America120.0%
Republic of Indonesia50.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
India50.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland30.0%
Kingdom of Thailand20.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal20.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil20.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age49.9 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official

Alternatives for people set on Aira

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.

Kanoya as an Aira alternative in the same region

44 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

  • Rent: €4.45/m² Kanoya vs €5.42/m² Aira−18%
  • Foreign residents: 1.5% Kanoya vs 1.0% Aira+51%
  • Unemployment: 3.8% Kanoya vs 4.3% Aira−12%
  • Median gross pay, region: €256 Kanoya vs €251 Airasame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 551 Kanoya vs 551 Airasame level
Full comparisonMore about Kanoya

Amakusa as an Aira alternative in the same country

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

  • Rent: €4.27/m² Amakusa vs €5.42/m² Aira−21%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 444 Amakusa vs 551 Aira−19%
  • Unemployment: 3.8% Amakusa vs 4.3% Aira−11%
  • Median gross pay, region: €243 Amakusa vs €251 Airasame level
  • Foreign residents: 1.0% Amakusa vs 1.0% Airasame level
  • Residents: 75,783 Amakusa vs 76,348 Aira−1%
Full comparisonMore about Amakusa

Cities near Aira

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

Kirishima 12.9 km away
Rent
4.67 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Kagoshima 16.1 km away
Rent
6.84 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Hioki 23.8 km away
Rent
4.34 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Kai76,349 residentsKunitachi76,460 residentsShiki76,187 residentsNakatsugawa76,570 residentsGamagōri76,682 residentsAmakusa75,783 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 Aira?

The published population was 76,348 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Aira?

Average net cold rent is about 5.42 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 379 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Aira?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.5 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 Aira?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (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 Aira?

The median gross salary is 250.9 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Aira a good place to live?

Aira 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 Aira?

Kajiki, Kirishima, Kokubu-matsuki, Kagoshima, Ijūin are near Aira. 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 Aira?

The official citizenship distribution records 75,733 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Aira, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 18eb9e6fa9ead2f5b7aa7df89db9da2c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/aira/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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