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Living in Sakaide

In Sakaide, rents across existing tenancies average €5.03 per m² a month (2023).

In October 2020, the unemployment rate was 3.6%. Its population was 50,624 in October 2020. There were 394.7 physicians per 100,000 residents in 2022. The median age was 53.3 years in 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-1528 sources

Population50,624people1 Oct 2020Official source · Japan 2020 Census municipality population table
Median gross salary (region)277.5EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent5.03EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 20% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.6%country median 3.8% — 4% belowOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality
Recorded crime792.7incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · 【令和8年版】数字でみるさぬきの安全 — 市町別刑法犯認知状況
PM2.5, annual mean9.5µg/m³country median 8.4 — 13% aboveOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 坂出市

Cheaper rent than 75% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 75% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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 坂出市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.03 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): 5.03 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp17
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Sakaide recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€32
Mobile plan, 10 GB€22
Net rent across major citiesSakaide highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Sakaide highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Sakaide€5.03
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Saitama€10.37
Fukuoka€9.00
Kobe€8.87
Sendai€8.85
Nagoya€8.81
Hiroshima€8.38
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited31.61 EUR/month30 Sept 2026ドコモ光 月額料金 — NTTドコモ19Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB3Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.03 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp17Official
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)270 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 mura8Official

Is Sakaide 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 worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–68%
Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on safety · range 60–76%
Student66%strong on education, weak on work · range 59–73%
Family73%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 66–80%
Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 53–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 302 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 5.03 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 坂出市?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality9

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

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)277.5 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp18Official
Unemployment rate3.6 %country median 3.8%1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality9Official

What does a salary buy in Sakaide?

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

regional median gross pay: €278 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
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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€5.03/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €302
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 Sakaide Salary needed to live in Sakaide

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Sakaide. 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

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools20 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 00004023112713Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents25.86 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 202411Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents3.97 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 202412Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents394.7 per 100,0002022Exact 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.7Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sakaide 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 residents3.97 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is 坂出市?

Police recorded about 793 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: 792.7 incidents per 100,000 · 【令和8年版】数字でみるさぬきの安全 — 市町別刑法犯認知状況1
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents792.7 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025【令和8年版】数字でみるさぬきの安全 — 市町別刑法犯認知状況1Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport7 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.15Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in 坂出市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.5 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 — 坂出市14

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Sakaide is 9.5 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 mean9.5 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 坂出市14Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 9.7 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 14.1 · Apr 19.8 · May 24.8 · Jun 27.5 · Jul 31.7 · Aug 33 · Sep 28.8 · Oct 23.2 · Nov 17.5 · Dec 12.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TAKAMATSU16Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 2.1 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 5 · Apr 9.9 · May 15.1 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 24.1 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 15.1 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 4.3 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TAKAMATSU16Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 5.9 · Feb 6.3 · Mar 9.4 · Apr 14.7 · May 19.8 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 28.6 · Sep 24.7 · Oct 19 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 8.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TAKAMATSU16Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 39.4 · Feb 45.8 · Mar 81.4 · Apr 74.6 · May 100.9 · Jun 153.1 · Jul 159.8 · Aug 106 · Sep 167.4 · Oct 120.1 · Nov 55 · Dec 46.7 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TAKAMATSU16Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 141.4 · Feb 143.8 · Mar 175 · Apr 194.5 · May 210.1 · Jun 158.2 · Jul 191.8 · Aug 221.2 · Sep 159.6 · Oct 164.6 · Nov 145.5 · Dec 142.7 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station TAKAMATSU16Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Japan: Amagasaki ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±1.9 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.4 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±2.6 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.6 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.7 °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

The city covered 92.5 km² in 2024. Population density was 536 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in 坂出市?

The published population was 50,624 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table10

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area92.49 km²2024Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積(北方地域及び竹島を除く), converted from ha to km2.6Official
Foreign residents1,462 people2024Exact e-Stat municipality row A2201: 住民基本台帳人口(外国人).5Official
Population density536 people/km²2024Exact e-Stat municipality row B1101: 総面積(北方地域及び竹島を除く), converted from ha to km2.6Official
Population50,624 people1 Oct 2020Japan 2020 Census municipality population table10Official

International community in Sakaide

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
Total50,624100.0%
Japanese49,49897.8%
Foreigner8141.6%
Nationality not reported3120.6%
People's Republic of China2190.4%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam1560.3%
Others1550.3%
Republic of Indonesia1030.2%
Republic of the Philippines910.2%
Kingdom of Thailand520.1%
Republic of Korea170.0%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Republic of Peru130.0%
Federative Republic of Brazil50.0%
United States of America20.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland10.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age53.3 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)2Official

Alternatives for people set on Sakaide

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.

Manno-cho as a Sakaide alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 415 Manno-cho vs 793 Sakaide−48%
  • Unemployment: 2.7% Manno-cho vs 3.6% Sakaide−25%
  • Residents: 17,401 Manno-cho vs 50,624 Sakaide−66%
  • Median gross pay, region: €248 Manno-cho vs €278 Sakaide−11%
  • Rent: €4.78/m² Manno-cho vs €5.03/m² Sakaide−5%

Miyako as a Sakaide alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 930 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €4.26/m² Miyako vs €5.03/m² Sakaide−15%
  • Median gross pay, region: €239 Miyako vs €278 Sakaide−14%
  • Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Miyako vs 9.5 µg/m³ Sakaide−25%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 293 Miyako vs 793 Sakaideno percentage
  • Residents: 50,369 Miyako vs 50,624 Sakaide−1%

Cities near Sakaide

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

Utazu-cho 3.3 km away
Rent
6.58 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Marugame 6.5 km away
Rent
6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Ayagawa-cho 9.4 km away
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4.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tadotsu-cho 10.5 km away
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4.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Tadotsu 11.1 km away
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4.88 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Zentsuji 11.9 km away
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5.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Manno-cho 13.9 km away
Rent
4.78 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

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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 坂出市?

The published population was 50,624 people in October 2020. Source: Japan 2020 Census municipality population table.

How much does it cost to rent in 坂出市?

Average net cold rent is about 5.03 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 352 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in 坂出市?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9.5 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 — 坂出市.

How safe is 坂出市?

Police recorded about 793 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8年版】数字でみるさぬきの安全 — 市町別刑法犯認知状況.

What is the unemployment rate in 坂出市?

The unemployment rate is 3.6 % (October 2020). Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

What is the typical salary around Sakaide?

The median gross salary is 277.5 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Sakaide a good place to live?

Sakaide 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 Sakaide?

Utazu-cho, Marugame, Ayagawa-cho, Tadotsu-cho, Tadotsu are near Sakaide. 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 Sakaide?

The official citizenship distribution records 49,498 people (97.8%) 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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