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Living in Aomori

In Aomori, rents across existing tenancies average €5.88 per m² a month (2023).

An unemployment rate of 4.97% was measured at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population263,512people31 Dec 2024Official source · e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度
Median gross salary (region)260.1EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent5.88EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 6% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate4.97%country median 3.8% — 32% 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 crime533.8incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · JP-02-Aomori-2025
PM2.5, annual mean10.4µg/m³country median 8.4 — 24% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 青森市

Higher unemployment than 89% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 89% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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

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 Aomori?

Average net cold rent is about 5.88 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): 5.88 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp16
What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Aomori recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Fitness club€59
Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Supplemental estimate lane, not official statistics: Fitness club. The others are published prices.

Net rent across major citiesAomori highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Aomori highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Aomori€5.88
Show the other 6 cities
Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Fitness club membership, monthly58.69 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Numbeo — Cost of Living in Aomori (Wayback capture 20250116031818)27Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ18Official · national market
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant14.38 EUR31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v226Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB3Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate15.09 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.88 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp16Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)294.9 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 mura6Official

Is Aomori 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–63%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–71%
Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–70%
Family69%strong on family, weak on education · range 61–77%
Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 353 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.88 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 Aomori?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.97 % · 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)22
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Aomori is 5.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Public employment offices1 count15 Sept 2026MHLW — Hello Work nationwide location list11Official
Median gross salary (regional)260.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp17Official
Unemployment rate4.97 %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)22Official

What does a salary buy in Aomori?

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

regional median gross pay: €260 (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€5.88/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €353
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 Aomori Salary needed to live in Aomori

Public employment offices in Aomori

MHLW lists 1 public employment office in Aomori (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

Office count verified

Hello Work — Public employment service

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan

Job Search

The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents15.58 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,558 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospitals18 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV19Official
Pharmacies156 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV20Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.28 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents228 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Aomori 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,558 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Aomori?

Police recorded about 534 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

  • Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 533.8 incidents per 100,000 · JP-02-Aomori-202510
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents533.8 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-02-Aomori-202510Official

Mobility and administration

Aomori's nearest airport was AOJ, 10 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport5 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Destinations from nearest airport7 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.15Official
Distance to the nearest major airport10 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)AOJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

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

Find courses near Aomori

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.9°C in January and 21.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 139.9 mm in January and 129.5 mm in July. Aomori's average monthly sunshine was 48.5 hours in January and 161.4 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Aomori?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 青森市12

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

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 Aomori is 10.4 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 mean10.4 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 青森市12Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 1.8 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 13.7 · May 18.8 · Jun 22.1 · Jul 26 · Aug 27.8 · Sep 24.5 · Oct 18.3 · Nov 11.2 · Dec 4.5 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 青森9Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by monthJan -3.5 · Feb -3.3 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 4.1 · May 9.4 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 18.6 · Aug 20 · Sep 15.8 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 3.4 · Dec -1.4 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 青森9Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by monthJan -0.9 · Feb -0.4 · Mar 2.8 · Apr 8.5 · May 13.7 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 13.5 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 1.4 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 青森9Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by monthJan 139.9 · Feb 99 · Mar 75.2 · Apr 68.7 · May 76.7 · Jun 75 · Jul 129.5 · Aug 142 · Sep 133 · Oct 119.2 · Nov 137.4 · Dec 155.2 mm31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 青森9Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by monthJan 48.5 · Feb 72.3 · Mar 126 · Apr 179.1 · May 201.4 · Jun 180 · Jul 161.4 · Aug 178 · Sep 162.4 · Oct 144.4 · Nov 85.4 · Dec 50.4 hours31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 青森9Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

Aomori had a population density of 333.7 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Aomori?

The published population was 263,512 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度5

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area824.6 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)21Official
Foreign-resident share0.6 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)24Official
Foreign residents1,557 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)24Official
Population density333.7 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)23Official
Population263,512 people31 Dec 2024e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度5Official

International community in Aomori

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
Total275,192100.0%
Japanese271,45498.6%
Nationality not reported2,8161.0%
Foreigner9220.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam2500.1%
Republic of Korea2190.1%
Others1690.1%
People's Republic of China1360.0%
United States of America460.0%
Kingdom of Thailand330.0%
Republic of the Philippines290.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Republic of Indonesia170.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal140.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil40.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland30.0%
India20.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source4

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age54.1 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Aomori

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.

Hirosaki as an Aomori alternative in the same region

34 km away, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Unemployment: 4.0% Hirosaki vs 5.0% Aomori−20%
  • Rent: €6.28/m² Hirosaki vs €5.88/m² Aomori+7%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,938.2 Hirosaki vs 1,557.6 Aomori+24%
  • Residents: 159,488 Hirosaki vs 263,512 Aomori−39%
  • Foreign residents: 0.7% Hirosaki vs 0.6% Aomori+10%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 514 Hirosaki vs 534 Aomori−4%
  • Empty flats: 15.8% Hirosaki vs 15.1% Aomori+5%

Tsu as an Aomori alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 774 km, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Foreign residents: 4.4% Tsu vs 0.6% Aomori+626%
  • Unemployment: 3.2% Tsu vs 5.0% Aomori−36%
  • Rent: €6.73/m² Tsu vs €5.88/m² Aomori+14%
  • A meal out: €4 Tsu vs €14 Aomori−76%
  • Median gross pay, region: €308 Tsu vs €260 Aomori+18%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 625 Tsu vs 534 Aomorino percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.9 µg/m³ Tsu vs 10.4 µg/m³ Aomori−14%

Cities near Aomori

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

Kuroishi 23.8 km away
Rent
4.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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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 Aomori?

The published population was 263,512 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系 市区町村データ 基礎データ(オリジナル)0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口(総数), 調査年 2024年度.

How much does it cost to rent in Aomori?

Average net cold rent is about 5.88 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 412 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Aomori?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10.4 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 青森市.

How safe is Aomori?

Police recorded about 534 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: JP-02-Aomori-2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Aomori?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (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 Aomori?

The median gross salary is 260.1 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Aomori a good place to live?

Aomori 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 Aomori?

Namioka, Hiranai-machi, Kuroishi are near Aomori. 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 Aomori?

The official citizenship distribution records 271,454 people (98.6%) 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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