Living in Dazaifu
In Dazaifu, rents across existing tenancies average €7.20 per m² a month (2023).
Dazaifu's unemployment stood at 4.86% at the end of 2020.
Pricier rent than 71% of Japanese cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 88% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 77% of Japanese cities that publish it.
Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Dazaifu?
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 Dazaifu?
Average net cold rent is about 7.2 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): 7.2 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp15
| 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17Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 21.56 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.2 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 | 31 Dec 2023 | www.e-stat.go.jp15Official |
| Average monthly rent (whole dwelling) | 354.7 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 Dazaifu 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 432 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.2 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Dazaifu?
The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (October 2020).
- Unemployment rate: 4.86 % · 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
Dazaifu 4.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 301.8 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | www.e-stat.go.jp16Official |
| Unemployment rate | 4.86 %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 Dazaifu?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobile
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€7.20/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31 | − €432 |
| 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 | — |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Dazaifu. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Hello Work — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Dazaifu. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Family and education
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schools | 19 schools | 1 May 2024 | MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311278Official |
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 1,000 residents | 7.32 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official |
| Physicians per 1,000 residents | 1.15 per 1,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official |
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 114.6 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 Dazaifu 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 757.6 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1-5-218Official · regional context |
Mobility and administration
Dazaifu's nearest airport was FUK, 11 km away and offered 37 direct destinations.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct destinations from the nearest major airport | 37 count | 3 Aug 2026 | OpenFlights10Official |
| Destinations from nearest airport | 45 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 | 11 km | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports11Official |
| Nearest major airport (IATA code) | FUK | 3 Aug 2026 | OurAirports11Official |
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Dazaifu. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Japanese Language Education Program for Foreigners Living in Japan — State Language Course
Agency for Cultural Affairs
For foreigners living in Japan.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperatures were 6.9°C in January and 27.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 74.4 mm in January and 299.1 mm in July. Dazaifu's average monthly sunshine was 104.1 hours in January and 172.2 hours in July.
Is the air quality good in Dazaifu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.6 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 — 太宰府市9
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
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hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Dazaifu 9.6
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9.6 µg/m³country median 8.4 | 31 Mar 2024 | MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 太宰府市9Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.2 · Feb 11.6 · Mar 15 · Apr 19.9 · May 24.4 · Jun 27.2 · Jul 31.2 · Aug 32.5 · Sep 28.6 · Oct 23.7 · Nov 18.2 · Dec 12.6 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA14Official · parent municipality |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 3.9 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 7.2 · Apr 11.5 · May 16.1 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 16 · Nov 10.6 · Dec 5.8 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA14Official · parent municipality |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.9 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15.4 · May 19.9 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 27.4 · Aug 28.4 · Sep 24.7 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 9.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA14Official · parent municipality |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 74.4 · Feb 69.8 · Mar 103.7 · Apr 118.2 · May 133.7 · Jun 249.6 · Jul 299.1 · Aug 210 · Sep 175.1 · Oct 94.5 · Nov 91.4 · Dec 67.5 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA14Official · parent municipality |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 104.1 · Feb 123.5 · Mar 161.2 · Apr 188.1 · May 204.1 · Jun 145.2 · Jul 172.2 · Aug 200.9 · Sep 164.7 · Oct 175.9 · Nov 137.3 · Dec 112.2 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA14Official · parent municipality |
Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Carrollton (United States) ±2.4 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.4 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±3.3 °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
Dazaifu had a population density of 2,471.8 people per km² at the end of 2020.
How many people live in Dazaifu?
The published population was 71,580 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total12
By nationality
National passport98.9%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 29.6 km² | 3 Aug 2026 | 国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)19Official |
| 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)22Official |
| Foreign residents | 806 people | 3 Aug 2026 | 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)22Official |
| Population density | 2,472 people/km² | 31 Dec 2020 | 総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)21Official |
| Population | 71,580 people | 1 Jan 2026 | Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total12Official |
International community in Dazaifu
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 | 73,164 | 100.0% |
| Japanese | 71,500 | 97.7% |
| Nationality not reported | 1,219 | 1.7% |
| Foreigner | 445 | 0.6% |
| Others | 175 | 0.2% |
| Republic of Korea | 67 | 0.1% |
| People's Republic of China | 65 | 0.1% |
| Socialist Republic of Viet Nam | 49 | 0.1% |
| Republic of the Philippines | 41 | 0.1% |
| United States of America | 18 | 0.0% |
| Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal | 14 | 0.0% |
Show 5 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kingdom of Thailand | 5 | 0.0% |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4 | 0.0% |
| Republic of Indonesia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Federative Republic of Brazil | 3 | 0.0% |
| India | 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 | 49.1 years | 31 Dec 2026 | 2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official |
Alternatives for people set on Dazaifu
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.
Hita as a Dazaifu alternative in the same region
44 km away, better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Rent: €5.01/m² Hita vs €7.20/m² Dazaifu−30%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 383 Hita vs 758 Dazaifu−49%
- Median gross pay, region: €246 Hita vs €302 Dazaifu−19%
- Unemployment: 4.0% Hita vs 4.9% Dazaifu−18%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Hita vs 9.6 µg/m³ Dazaifu−17%
- Foreign residents: 1.3% Hita vs 1.1% Dazaifu+11%
Inuyama as a Dazaifu alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 624 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.
- Foreign residents: 4.4% Inuyama vs 1.1% Dazaifu+287%
- Unemployment: 3.3% Inuyama vs 4.9% Dazaifu−32%
- Annual PM2.5: 6.4 µg/m³ Inuyama vs 9.6 µg/m³ Dazaifu−33%
- Rent: €6.67/m² Inuyama vs €7.20/m² Dazaifu−7%
- Median gross pay, region: €303 Inuyama vs €302 Dazaifusame level
- Residents: 71,038 Inuyama vs 71,580 Dazaifu−1%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 758 Inuyama vs 758 Dazaifusame level
Cities near Dazaifu
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 7.11 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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- 7.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
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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 Dazaifu?
The published population was 71,580 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 Dazaifu?
Average net cold rent is about 7.2 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 504 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is the air quality good in Dazaifu?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.6 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 — 太宰府市.
What is the unemployment rate in Dazaifu?
The unemployment rate is about 4.9 % (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 Dazaifu?
The median gross salary is 301.8 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.
Is Dazaifu a good place to live?
Dazaifu 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 Dazaifu?
Chikushino, Umi-machi, Sue-machi, Chikuzen-machi, Nakagawa are near Dazaifu. 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 Dazaifu?
The official citizenship distribution records 71,500 people (97.7%) 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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