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Living in Fukuyama

In Fukuyama, rents across existing tenancies average €7.03 per m² a month (2023).

Fukuyama had an unemployment rate of 3.51% at the end of 2020. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 10.7 µg/m³ in March 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population455,028people31 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)287.4EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent7.03EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 12% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.51%country median 3.8% — 7% belowOfficial 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 crime570.6incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · JP-34-Hiroshima-2025
PM2.5, annual mean10.66µg/m³country median 8.4 — 27% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 福山市

Pricier rent than 67% of Japanese cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 62% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 92% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Fukuyama?

Average net cold rent is about 7.03 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): 7.03 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp18
What recurs every month4 published recurring costs, € per month
Fukuyama recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€336
Utilities, 85 m² flat€124
Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Supplemental estimate lane, not official statistics: Utilities, 85 m² flat, Private kindergarten. The others are published prices.

Net rent across major citiesFukuyama highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Fukuyama highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Fukuyama€7.03
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 unlimited32.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026NTT FLET'S 100 Mbps fixed internet14Official · national market
Private kindergarten, monthly335.7 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v226Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant5.98 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
Basic utilities, 85 m² home124.2 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v226Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Housing vacancy rate15.06 %31 Oct 20232023 Housing and Land Survey, Table 1-2: Housing by occupancy status1Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)7.03 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp18Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)335.6 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 Fukuyama 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 60–76%
Student69%strong on education, weak on work · range 62–76%
Family74%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 67–81%
Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 422 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 7.03 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 Fukuyama?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.51 % · 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)23
Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Fukuyama is 3.5%. 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 list12Official
Median gross salary (regional)287.4 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp19Official
Unemployment rate3.51 %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)23Official

What does a salary buy in Fukuyama?

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

regional median gross pay: €287 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • Internet
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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€7.03/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €422
Public transport passnot published for this city—
Utilities, 85 m²€124 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31− €124
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
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish—
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Fukuyama Salary needed to live in Fukuyama

Public employment offices in Fukuyama

MHLW lists 1 public employment office in Fukuyama (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.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools148 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112711Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents11.92 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,192 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20247Official
Hospitals40 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV20Official
Pharmacies240 count1 Jun 2026医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV21Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents2.18 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents217.8 per 100,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20248Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Fukuyama 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 residents1,192 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Fukuyama?

Police recorded about 571 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: 570.6 incidents per 100,000 · JP-34-Hiroshima-202510
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents570.6 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-34-Hiroshima-202510Official
Violent crime per 100,000 residents55.76 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025JP-34-Hiroshima-202510Official

Mobility and administration

Fukuyama's nearest airport was HIJ, 41 km away and offered 9 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport9 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights15Official
Destinations from nearest airport10 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.17Official
Distance to the nearest major airport41 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)HIJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports16Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Fukuyama's monthly mean temperatures were 4.6°C in January and 26.6°C in July. Fukuyama's monthly precipitation totalled 38.5 mm in January and 198 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 139.8 hours in January and 193.5 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Fukuyama?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.7 µg/m³ (2024) — 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: 10.66 µg/m³ · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 福山市13
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 Fukuyama is 10.7 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 mean10.66 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 福山市13Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.8 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 13.9 · Apr 19.2 · May 24 · Jun 27 · Jul 30.9 · Aug 32.8 · Sep 28.8 · Oct 23.3 · Nov 17.5 · Dec 12.1 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 福山9Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by monthJan 0 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 3.2 · Apr 8.1 · May 13.3 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 22.9 · Aug 23.9 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 2.1 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 福山9Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by monthJan 4.6 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 8.5 · Apr 13.7 · May 18.7 · Jun 22.5 · Jul 26.6 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 24 · Oct 18 · Nov 12 · Dec 6.8 °C31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 福山9Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by monthJan 38.5 · Feb 47 · Mar 83.7 · Apr 91.6 · May 117.7 · Jun 174.5 · Jul 198 · Aug 95.2 · Sep 136 · Oct 91.1 · Nov 55.1 · Dec 43.3 mm31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 福山9Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by monthJan 139.8 · Feb 138.6 · Mar 174.8 · Apr 191.4 · May 211.5 · Jun 162.4 · Jul 193.5 · Aug 221.8 · Sep 165.6 · Oct 174.3 · Nov 150.7 · Dec 145.6 hours31 Dec 2020JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 福山9Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

The city recorded a population density of 889.6 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Fukuyama?

The published population was 455,028 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 area517.7 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)22Official
Foreign-resident share2.86 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)25Official
Foreign residents12,931 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)25Official
Population density889.6 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)24Official
Population455,028 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 Fukuyama

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
Total460,930100.0%
Japanese446,47196.9%
Foreigner8,2311.8%
Nationality not reported6,2281.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam2,6970.6%
People's Republic of China1,9520.4%
Republic of the Philippines1,2790.3%
Republic of Korea6420.1%
Others5700.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil3600.1%
Republic of Indonesia2400.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal1920.0%
Kingdom of Thailand1180.0%
Republic of Peru1030.0%
United States of America460.0%
India220.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland100.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age49.9 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Fukuyama

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.

Kanazawa as a Fukuyama alternative in the same country

Better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,013.5 Kanazawa vs 1,192.1 Fukuyama+69%
  • Annual PM2.5: 6.0 µg/m³ Kanazawa vs 10.7 µg/m³ Fukuyama−44%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 538 Kanazawa vs 571 Fukuyamano percentage
  • Foreign residents: 2.1% Kanazawa vs 2.9% Fukuyama−28%
  • Median gross pay, region: €314 Kanazawa vs €287 Fukuyama+9%
  • Unemployment: 3.3% Kanazawa vs 3.5% Fukuyama−5%
  • Basic utilities, 85 m²: €114 Kanazawa vs €124 Fukuyama−8%

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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 Fukuyama?

The published population was 455,028 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 Fukuyama?

Average net cold rent is about 7.03 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 492 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Fukuyama?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 10.7 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 — 福山市.

How safe is Fukuyama?

Police recorded about 571 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-34-Hiroshima-2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Fukuyama?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (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 Fukuyama?

The median gross salary is 287.4 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Fukuyama a good place to live?

Fukuyama 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 Fukuyama?

The official citizenship distribution records 446,471 people (96.9%) 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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