Living in Beppu

In Beppu, rents across existing tenancies average €5.86 per m² a month (2023).

Beppu registered an unemployment rate of 4.83% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2424 sources

Population111,376people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total

Median gross salary (region)264.8EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.86EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 7% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate4.83%country median 3.8% — 28% 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 crime382.6incidents 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 mean6.4µg/m³country median 8.4 — 24% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 別府市

Higher unemployment than 87% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 92% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Beppu.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 Beppu?

Average net cold rent is about 5.86 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): 5.86 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Fitness club€21

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

Net rent across major citiesBeppu highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Beppu€5.86

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
Fitness club membership, monthly	21.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2²⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	32.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate	21.72 %	31 Oct 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status¹Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.86 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	254.9 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura⁵Official

Is Beppu 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 worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 48–66%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–67%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–69%

Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 53–73%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 352 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.86 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 Beppu?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 4.83 % · 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)²¹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Beppu is 4.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Beppu 4.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	264.8 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	4.83 %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)²¹Official

What does a salary buy in Beppu?

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€5.86/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €352
Internet€32 · official · NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet · 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 Beppu Salary needed to live in Beppu

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Beppu. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Beppu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	31.14 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	3,114 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Hospitals	24 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV¹⁸Official
Pharmacies	70 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV¹⁹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	4.88 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	487.9 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Beppu 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 residents3,114 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	382.6 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

Beppu's nearest airport was OIT, 31 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	5 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Destinations from nearest airport	5 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.¹³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	31 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OIT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Beppu. 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 Beppu.

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Climate and air quality

Beppu's monthly mean temperatures were 6.5°C in January and 26.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 49.8 mm in January and 261.3 mm in July. Beppu's average monthly sunshine was 149.4 hours in January and 180.8 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Beppu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.4 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 — 別府市⁸

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.56.4WHO 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 Beppu is 6.4 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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4–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Beppu 6.4

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.4 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Mar 2024	MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 別府市⁸Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 10.7 · Feb 11.5 · Mar 14.6 · Apr 19.7 · May 24.1 · Jun 26.5 · Jul 30.9 · Aug 32.2 · Sep 28.2 · Oct 23.3 · Nov 18.1 · Dec 13 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OITA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.6 · Feb 3 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 10.3 · May 15 · Jun 19.3 · Jul 23.5 · Aug 24.3 · Sep 20.9 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 4.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OITA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.5 · Feb 7.2 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 14.8 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.6 · Jul 26.8 · Aug 27.7 · Sep 24.2 · Oct 19.1 · Nov 13.8 · Dec 8.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OITA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 49.8 · Feb 64.1 · Mar 99.2 · Apr 119.7 · May 133.6 · Jun 313.6 · Jul 261.3 · Aug 165.7 · Sep 255.2 · Oct 144.8 · Nov 72.9 · Dec 47.1 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OITA¹⁴Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 149.4 · Feb 149.1 · Mar 175 · Apr 190.1 · May 194.6 · Jun 135.7 · Jul 180.8 · Aug 202.8 · Sep 151.5 · Oct 164.2 · Nov 148.2 · Dec 151.2 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station OITA¹⁴Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Ichinomiya ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.1 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.5 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.7 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.9 °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

Beppu had a population density of 920.1 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Beppu?

The published population was 111,376 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	125.3 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	5.31 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²³Official
Foreign residents	5,917 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²³Official
Population density	920.1 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)²²Official
Population	111,376 people	1 Jan 2026	Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total¹²Official

International community in Beppu

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	115,321	100.0%
Japanese	109,278	94.8%
Nationality not reported	3,612	3.1%
Foreigner	2,431	2.1%
Others	695	0.6%
People's Republic of China	494	0.4%
Republic of Korea	362	0.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	237	0.2%
Republic of Indonesia	221	0.2%
Republic of the Philippines	112	0.1%
Kingdom of Thailand	94	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	80	0.1%
United States of America	66	0.1%
India	42	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	16	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	12	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	52.8 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)²Official

Alternatives for people set on Beppu

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Alternative cities in Japan

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All Japan cities

Higashiomi111,349 residents Inzai111,731 residents Hōfu111,750 residents Abeno-ku (Osaka)110,995 residents Iwatsuki-ku (Saitama)111,815 residents Aizu-Wakamatsu110,841 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 Beppu?

The published population was 111,376 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 Beppu?

Average net cold rent is about 5.86 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 410 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Beppu?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 6.4 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 — 別府市.

What is the unemployment rate in Beppu?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (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 Beppu?

The median gross salary is 264.8 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Beppu a good place to live?

Beppu 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.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 109,278 people (94.8%) 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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