Living in Nakano

The unemployment rate was 3.96% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2426 sources

Population341,322people31 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

Average gross salary2,512EUR/month30 Jun 2025Regional figureOfficial source · MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table

Average rent569.5EUR/month31 Dec 2023Municipality figureOfficial source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate3.96%country median 3.8% — 5% 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 crime700.7incidents 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 mean7.94µg/m³country median 8.4 — 5% belowOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

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

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 Nakano.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.

No city-level rent figure is published for Nakano. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesNakano highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Nakano€6.13

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
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 monthly rent (whole dwelling)	569.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official · parent municipality

Is Nakano 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 47–67%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student50%strong on cost, weak on education · range 39–61%

Family56%strong on safety, weak on education · range 45–67%

Retirement51%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–62%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nakano?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.96 % · 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 Nakano is 4.0%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Nakano 4.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	2,512 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.96 %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 Nakano?

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

Left over each month€789of €1,412 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

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.	€1,412
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings · 2023-12-31	− €569
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	€789

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Nakano Salary needed to live in Nakano

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nakano. 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 Nakano. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
GP practices	174 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット clinics facility and specialty CSV 2026-06-01¹⁹Official
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	5.02 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁴Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	502.1 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁴Official
Hospitals	8 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV²⁰Official
Pharmacies	173 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV²¹Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.08 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	208.1 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Nakano 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 residents502.1 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	700.7 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

Nakano's nearest airport was HND, 20 km away and offered 73 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	73 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	20 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HND	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 5.4°C in January to 25.7°C in July. Nakano's monthly precipitation totalled 59.7 mm in January and 156.2 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 192.6 hours in January and 151.4 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Nakano?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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: 7.94 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁹

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

PM2.57.9WHO 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 Nakano is 7.9 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Nakano 7.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.94 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.8 · Feb 10.9 · Mar 14.2 · Apr 19.4 · May 23.6 · Jun 26.1 · Jul 29.9 · Aug 31.3 · Sep 27.5 · Oct 22 · Nov 16.7 · Dec 12 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁶Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.2 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 5 · Apr 9.8 · May 14.6 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 22.4 · Aug 23.5 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 8.8 · Dec 3.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁶Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.4 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.8 · Jun 21.9 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 23.3 · Oct 18 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 7.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁶Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 59.7 · Feb 56.5 · Mar 116 · Apr 133.7 · May 139.7 · Jun 167.8 · Jul 156.2 · Aug 154.7 · Sep 224.9 · Oct 234.8 · Nov 96.3 · Dec 57.9 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁶Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 192.6 · Feb 170.4 · Mar 175.3 · Apr 178.8 · May 179.6 · Jun 124.2 · Jul 151.4 · Aug 174.2 · Sep 126.7 · Oct 129.4 · Nov 149.8 · Dec 174.4 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TOKYO¹⁶Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Ichinomiya ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.1 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.4 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.5 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.1 °C, Lewisville (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

Population density was 22,121.9 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Nakano?

The published population was 341,322 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³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	15.59 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)²²Official
Foreign-resident share	7.9 %	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 residents	27,145 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²⁵Official
Population density	22,122 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)²⁴Official
Population	341,322 people	31 Dec 2024	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³Official

Alternatives for people set on Nakano

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.

Kita as a Nakano alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Hospital beds, per 100k: 740.6 Kita vs 502.1 Nakano+47%
Foreign residents: 9.6% Kita vs 7.9% Nakano+22%
Unemployment: 3.8% Kita vs 4.0% Nakanosame level
Residents: 362,089 Kita vs 341,322 Nakano+6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 701 Kita vs 701 Nakanosame level

Full comparison More about Kita

Alternative cities in Japan

Other cities in Japan to compare with Nakano, nearest in population first.

All Japan cities

Koshigaya341,437 residents Tokorozawa342,490 residents Ōtsu343,600 residents Nakano-ku344,880 residents Takatsuki345,589 residents Nara-shi347,187 residents

How does Nakano compare?

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Nakano in rankings

#10 of 30 in Most densely populated cities

Is Nakano part of Tokyo?

Nakano is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 2.6 km away by straight-line distance. Tokyo city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²⁶

Which comparable places record less crime than Nakano?

17 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Nakano in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Nakano: 594.2 offences/100k (2024).

Komae — 319.2 offences/100k2024 Inagi — 409.5 offences/100k2024 Fuchū — 414.4 offences/100k2024 Hino — 429.7 offences/100k2024 Kokubunji — 455.8 offences/100k2024 Kunitachi — 472.2 offences/100k2024 Chōfu — 483.4 offences/100k2024 Nishi-Tokyo-shi — 498.7 offences/100k2024

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source¹⁴

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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 Nakano?

The published population was 341,322 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.

Is the air quality good in Nakano?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.9 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.

What is the unemployment rate in Nakano?

The unemployment rate is about 4 % (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).

How many foreign residents live in Nakano?

27,145 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民).

Is Nakano a good place to live?

Nakano 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.

Is Nakano part of Tokyo?

Nakano is near Tokyo, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 2.6 km away by straight-line distance.

Which comparable places record less crime than Nakano?

17 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Nakano in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Tokyo Metropolitan Police annual 2024 + Tokyo Metropolitan Government population estimate, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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  title = {Nakano (Tokyo), Japan: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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