Living in Ōfunato

In Ōfunato, rents across existing tenancies average €4.51 per m² a month (2023).

The unemployment rate was 3.62% at the end of 2020. The population density of Ōfunato stood at 107.7 people per km² at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population34,728people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table

Median gross salary (region)244EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Average net rent4.51EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 28% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

Unemployment rate3.62%country median 3.8% — 4% 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 crime292.7incidents 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 mean7.45µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Cheaper rent than 84% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 73% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 Ōfunato?

Average net cold rent is about 4.51 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): 4.51 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesŌfunato highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Ōfunato€4.51

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¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.51 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁴Official

Is Ōfunato 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 worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–64%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–72%

Student58%strong on education, weak on work · range 50–66%

Family62%strong on family, weak on cost · range 53–71%

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 271 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 4.51 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 Ōfunato?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.62 % · 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)¹⁹

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Ōfunato is 3.6%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	244 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.e-stat.go.jp¹⁵Official
Unemployment rate	3.62 %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)¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Ōfunato?

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

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Internet
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Line-by-line breakdown and sources

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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€4.51/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €271
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 Ōfunato Salary needed to live in Ōfunato

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ōfunato. 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

Search jobs

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	18 schools	1 May 2024	MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 000040231127⁹Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	14.89 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁶Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.1 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁷Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	232.6 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 Ōfunato 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 residents2.1 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	292.7 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1-5-2¹⁷Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Ōfunato's nearest airport was HNA, 64 km away and offered 4 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹¹Official
Destinations from nearest airport	6 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	64 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HNA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 1.1°C in January and 21.7°C in July. Ōfunato's monthly precipitation totalled 51.3 mm in January and 196.4 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 141.9 hours in January and 133.9 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ōfunato?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.4 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: 7.45 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁰

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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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

PM2.57.4WHO 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 Ōfunato is 7.5 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Ōfunato 7.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.45 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.7 · Feb 5.6 · Mar 9.1 · Apr 14.5 · May 19.1 · Jun 22.1 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 27.2 · Sep 24.2 · Oct 19 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 7.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 大船渡⁸Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.4 · Feb -2.3 · Mar 0.1 · Apr 4.7 · May 9.9 · Jun 14.5 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 20.1 · Sep 16.5 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 4.1 · Dec -0.2 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 大船渡⁸Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 9.4 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 23.2 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.4 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 3.5 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 大船渡⁸Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 51.3 · Feb 41 · Mar 103.8 · Apr 129.1 · May 153.9 · Jun 174.4 · Jul 196.4 · Aug 182.1 · Sep 200.2 · Oct 161.3 · Nov 88.6 · Dec 61.3 mm	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 大船渡⁸Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 141.9 · Feb 134.9 · Mar 158.2 · Apr 174.1 · May 180.4 · Jun 151.4 · Jul 133.9 · Aug 143.7 · Sep 118.7 · Oct 136.9 · Nov 137.9 · Dec 131.9 hours	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 大船渡⁸Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ōfunato?

The published population was 34,728 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁵

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	322.2 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)¹⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	1.35 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)²⁰Official
Foreign residents	424 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)²⁰Official
Population density	107.7 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)⁵Official
Population	34,728 people	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census municipality population table⁵Official

International community in Ōfunato

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	34,728	100.0%
Japanese	34,275	98.7%
Foreigner	318	0.9%
Nationality not reported	135	0.4%
People's Republic of China	117	0.3%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam	86	0.2%
Others	50	0.1%
Republic of the Philippines	37	0.1%
Republic of Korea	13	0.0%
Republic of Indonesia	10	0.0%
United States of America	5	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	58.8 years	31 Dec 2026	2026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Ōfunato

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.

Rikuzen-Takata as a Ōfunato alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 1 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.

Rent: €3.10/m² Rikuzen-Takata vs €4.51/m² Ōfunato−31%
Unemployment: 4.2% Rikuzen-Takata vs 3.6% Ōfunato+15%
Foreign residents: 1.2% Rikuzen-Takata vs 1.4% Ōfunato−13%
Median gross pay, region: €234 Rikuzen-Takata vs €244 Ōfunato−4%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 293 Rikuzen-Takata vs 293 Ōfunatosame level
Annual PM2.5: 7.4 µg/m³ Rikuzen-Takata vs 7.4 µg/m³ Ōfunatosame level

Full comparison More about Rikuzen-Takata

Cities near Ōfunato

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

Rikuzen-Takata 9.5 km away

Rent: 3.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Kesennuma 22.8 km away

Rent: 4.07 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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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 Ōfunato?

The published population was 34,728 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in Ōfunato?

Average net cold rent is about 4.51 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 316 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Ōfunato?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.4 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 Ōfunato?

The unemployment rate is about 3.6 % (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 Ōfunato?

The median gross salary is 244 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Ōfunato a good place to live?

Ōfunato 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 Ōfunato?

Rikuzen-Takata, Kesennuma are near Ōfunato. 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 Ōfunato?

The official citizenship distribution records 34,275 people (98.7%) 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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