Living in 名古屋市

名古屋市 is a city in Japan. Population density was 7,054.5 people per km² in 2024. There were 348.9 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The unemployment rate was 3.7% in October 2020. Monthly precipitation was 50.8 mm in January and 211.4 mm in July. In October 2020, 名古屋市 had a population of 2,332,176. The city covered 326.5 km² in 2025.

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to 名古屋市?

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 名古屋市.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in 名古屋市?

Average net cold rent is 10.01 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): 10.01 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹²

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€621

Utilities, 85 m² flat€195

Transport pass€70

Fitness club€63

Internet, 60 Mbps€30

Mobile plan, 10 GB€21

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Net rent across major cities名古屋市 highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

川崎市€15.18

Yokohama€13.60

大阪市€12.11

名古屋市€10.01

広島市€9.52

札幌市€8.59

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京都市€11.89

さいたま市€11.78

千葉市€10.32

福岡市€10.23

神戸市€10.08

仙台市€10.06

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	63.28 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	29.81 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	621.1 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	7.04 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.33 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Nagoya (Wayback capture 20241205230044)¹⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	70.31 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	194.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁴Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.01 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €7.19	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹²Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 601 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.01 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 名古屋市?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁵

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in 名古屋市 is 3.7%. Of 2,536 cities with data, 1,168 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	379.6 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹³Official
Unemployment rate	3.7 %country median 3.8%	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality⁵Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to 名古屋市. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

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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 名古屋市. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	348.9 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 名古屋市 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	9 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.¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration in 名古屋市

1 exact course-location record is linked to this city. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.

Verified locally

1verified local records

Nagoya City

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Check courses in 名古屋市 How the country programme works

Exact city-linked record checked 2026-08-10. Provider-supplied records are supplemental and are not presented as official accreditation.

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 4.8°C in January and 26.9°C in July.

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Annual mean temperature (modelled)	15.49 °C	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Annual precipitation (modelled)	1,742 mm/year	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January mean temperature (modelled)	4.17 °C	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January minimum temperature (modelled)	-3.5 °C	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July maximum temperature (modelled)	34.64 °C	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July mean temperature (modelled)	25.97 °C	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Daily precipitation rate (modelled)	4.77 mm/day	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Solar exposure (modelled)	3.73 kWh/m²/day	2001-2020	NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology⁹Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.3 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 14.5 · Apr 20.1 · May 24.6 · Jun 27.6 · Jul 31.4 · Aug 33.2 · Sep 29.1 · Oct 23.3 · Nov 17.3 · Dec 11.7 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya⁸Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 9.7 · May 14.9 · Jun 19.4 · Jul 23.5 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 21 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 3.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.8 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 14.6 · May 19.4 · Jun 23 · Jul 26.9 · Aug 28.2 · Sep 24.5 · Oct 18.6 · Nov 12.6 · Dec 7.2 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya⁸Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 50.8 · Feb 64.7 · Mar 116.2 · Apr 127.5 · May 150.3 · Jun 186.5 · Jul 211.4 · Aug 139.5 · Sep 231.6 · Oct 164.7 · Nov 79.1 · Dec 56.6 mm	31 Dec 2020	JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya⁸Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 174.5 · Feb 175.5 · Mar 199.7 · Apr 200.2 · May 205.5 · Jun 151.8 · Jul 166 · Aug 201.3 · Sep 159.6 · Oct 168.9 · Nov 167.1 · Dec 170.3 hours	31 Dec 2020	JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya⁸Official

Cities of a similar size in Japan

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Japan cities

大阪市2,752,412 residents 札幌市1,973,395 residents Osaka2,798,782 residents Fukuoka1,620,853 residents 福岡市1,612,392 residents Kawasaki1,542,534 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in 名古屋市?

The published population was 2,332,176 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	326.5 km²	31 Dec 2025	www.city.nagoya.jp¹¹Official
Foreign residents	100,502 people	2024	Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.²Official
Population density	7,055 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 km2.³Official
Population	2,332,176 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁷Official

International community in 名古屋市

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	2,332,176	100.0%
Japanese	2,184,995	93.7%
Nationality not reported	77,680	3.3%
Foreigner	69,501	3.0%
People's Republic of China	20,702	0.9%
Republic of Korea	13,438	0.6%
Republic of the Philippines	7,683	0.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	7,502	0.3%
Others	7,290	0.3%
Federative Republic of Brazil	4,359	0.2%
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal	4,206	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
United States of America	1,110	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	888	0.0%
Kingdom of Thailand	796	0.0%
Republic of Peru	740	0.0%
India	456	0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	331	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹

Is 名古屋市 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 worker47%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 38–56%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%

Student45%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 35–55%

Family55%strong on family, weak on safety · range 45–65%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Foreign residents100,502 people2024Official source · Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）.

Population2,332,176 people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.01 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2023Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Median gross salary (regional)379.6 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.7 %1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Annual mean temperature (modelled)15.49 °C2001-2020Modelled grid data · NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-27

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	46.6 years	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table⁶Official

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in 名古屋市?

The published population was 2,332,176 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 名古屋市?

Average net cold rent is 10.01 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 701 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

What is the unemployment rate in 名古屋市?

The unemployment rate is 3.7 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around 名古屋市?

The median gross salary is 379.6 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

How many foreign residents live in 名古屋市?

100,502 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）..

How much is public transport in 名古屋市?

A monthly transport pass is 70.31 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2.

Is 名古屋市 a good place to live?

名古屋市 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 Total citizenship group in 名古屋市?

The official citizenship distribution records 2,332,176 people (100.0%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). 名古屋市, Japan: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab; version approved-static-8975a8c3d87026ab]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/nagoyashi/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {名古屋市, Japan: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs, climate},
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  year = {2026},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
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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
Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口（外国人）. e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15
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 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan 2020 Census municipality median age table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
Japan 2020 Census municipality population table e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) — Nagoya JMA Tables of Climatological Normals (1991-2020) · data.jma.go.jp · checked 2026-07-26
NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology NASA POWER · power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-09-14
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. mlit.go.jp · checked 2026-07-15

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www.city.nagoya.jp city.nagoya.jp · checked 2026-07-14
www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27
www.e-stat.go.jp e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-08-27
Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 Global Cost of Living · kaggle.com · checked 2026-07-27
Numbeo — Cost of Living in Nagoya (Wayback capture 20241205230044) Numbeo · web.archive.org · checked 2026-08-01

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