Living in Konan (Kochi)

In Konan (Kochi), rents across existing tenancies average €5.06 per m² a month (2023).

Kounanshi is a city in Japan. The foreign population count was 495 in 2024. The city covers 126.5 km², with a population density of 257.7 people per km² in 2024. The unemployment rate was 3.8% in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-10-1517 sources

Population32,902people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

Median gross salary (region)246.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent5.06EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 19% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.8%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial source · e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities

Recorded crime310incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数

PM2.5, annual mean7.09µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 74% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 82% of Japanese cities that publish it.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Konan (Kochi)?

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

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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 kounanshi?

Average net cold rent is about 5.06 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): 5.06 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹¹

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesKonan (Kochi) highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Konan (Kochi)€5.06

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Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Hiroshima€8.38

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¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB¹Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.06 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹¹Official

Is Konan (Kochi) 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 45–63%

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–69%

Student57%strong on safety, weak on education · range 48–66%

Family69%strong on safety, weak on education · range 61–77%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 304 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.06 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 kounanshi?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Konan (Kochi) is 3.8%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Konan (Kochi) 3.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	246.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹²Official
Unemployment rate	3.8 %country median 3.8% — about the same	1 Oct 2020	e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Konan (Kochi)?

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€5.06/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €304
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 Konan (Kochi) Salary needed to live in Konan (Kochi)

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Konan (Kochi). 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

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	5.2 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	0.942 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	109.1 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.⁵Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Konan (Kochi) 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 residents0.942 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is kounanshi?

Police recorded about 310 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	310 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	令和7年刑法犯の概況 — 市町村別刑法犯認知件数¹⁴Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Konan (Kochi). 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 Konan (Kochi).

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in kounanshi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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: 7.09 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸

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

108

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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

PM2.57.1WHO 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 Konan (Kochi) is 7.1 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Konan (Kochi) 7.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.09 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 12.2 · Feb 13.2 · Mar 16.3 · Apr 20.9 · May 24.8 · Jun 27.1 · Jul 30.8 · Aug 32.1 · Sep 29.5 · Oct 25 · Nov 19.6 · Dec 14.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KOCHI¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 2.1 · Feb 3.1 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 10.9 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 4.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KOCHI¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.7 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 11.2 · Apr 15.8 · May 20 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 27 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 25 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 8.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KOCHI¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.1 · Feb 107.8 · Mar 174.8 · Apr 225.3 · May 280.4 · Jun 359.5 · Jul 357.3 · Aug 284.1 · Sep 398.1 · Oct 207.5 · Nov 129.6 · Dec 83.1 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KOCHI¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 190.7 · Feb 177.2 · Mar 192.2 · Apr 197.3 · May 195.7 · Jun 133.8 · Jul 173.7 · Aug 204 · Sep 162 · Oct 179.6 · Nov 168.8 · Dec 184.6 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station KOCHI¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Carrollton (United States) ±2.0 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.2 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.9 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±3.1 °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 kounanshi?

The published population was 32,902 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	126.5 km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁴Official
Foreign residents	495 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.³Official
Population density	257.7 people/km²	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2.⁴Official
Population	32,902 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications⁹Official

International community in Konan (Kochi)

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	32,207	100.0%
Japanese	31,744	98.6%
Foreigner	289	0.9%
Nationality not reported	174	0.5%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	134	0.4%
Republic of the Philippines	51	0.2%
Others	50	0.2%
Republic of Korea	20	0.1%
People's Republic of China	15	0.0%
India	6	0.0%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	5	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	5	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	2	0.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²

Alternatives for people set on Konan (Kochi)

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.

Shikokuchūō as a Konan (Kochi) alternative in the same region

48 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 544 Shikokuchūō vs 310 Konan (Kochi)no percentage
Median gross pay, region: €274 Shikokuchūō vs €246 Konan (Kochi)+11%
Rent: €5.09/m² Shikokuchūō vs €5.06/m² Konan (Kochi)same level

Full comparison More about Shikokuchūō

Nichinan as a Konan (Kochi) alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.97/m² Nichinan vs €5.06/m² Konan (Kochi)−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 457 Nichinan vs 310 Konan (Kochi)no percentage
Median gross pay, region: €247 Nichinan vs €246 Konan (Kochi)same level

Full comparison More about Nichinan

Cities near Konan (Kochi)

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

Nankoku 5.6 km away

Rent: 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kochi 15.6 km away

Rent: 6.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Konan (Kochi), nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Shingū32,927 residents Shingu-machi32,927 residents Motosu32,928 residents Shinjō32,860 residents Ōkawa32,988 residents Kuji33,043 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 kounanshi?

The published population was 32,902 people in 2024. Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

How much does it cost to rent in kounanshi?

Average net cold rent is about 5.06 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 354 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in kounanshi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.1 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.

How safe is kounanshi?

What is the unemployment rate in kounanshi?

The unemployment rate is about 3.8 % (October 2020). Source: e-Stat 2020 Population Census — F. Labour, municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Konan (Kochi)?

The median gross salary is 246.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Konan (Kochi) a good place to live?

Konan (Kochi) 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 Konan (Kochi)?

Nankoku, Kochi are near Konan (Kochi). 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 Konan (Kochi)?

The official citizenship distribution records 31,744 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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e-Stat / Statistics Bureau of Japan 2020 Population Census table 44-1 nationality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-01
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Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積（北方地域及び竹島を除く）, converted from ha to km2. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
Japan official municipality health statistics 2024 mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-08-13
NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023 gis.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
Statistics Bureau of Japan / Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-04
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Wikidata identity and coordinates — Q861621 Wikidata identity and coordinates · wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-05
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