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Living in Sakaiminato

In Sakaiminato, rents across existing tenancies average €3.91 per m² a month (2023).

An unemployment rate of 3.71% was measured at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population32,063people1 Jan 2026Official source · Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total
Median gross salary (region)249.3EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Average net rent3.91EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 38% belowOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp
Unemployment rate3.72%country median 3.8% — about the sameOfficial 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 crime573.4incidents 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 mean7.5µg/m³country median 8.4 — 11% belowOfficial source · MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 境港市

Cheaper rent than 91% 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 Sakaiminato?

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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 Sakaiminato?

Average net cold rent is about 3.91 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): 3.91 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp14
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Sakaiminato recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36
Yokohama€11.97
Osaka€10.65
Kyoto€10.46
Sapporo€7.56
Sakaiminato€3.91
Show the other 6 cities
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16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB21.56 EUR/month30 Sept 2026docomo mini 10GB2Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)3.91 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.2731 Dec 2023www.e-stat.go.jp14Official

Is Sakaiminato 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–65%
Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–69%
Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 46–62%
Family58%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 49–67%
Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–67%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 235 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 3.91 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 Sakaiminato?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (October 2020).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.72 % · 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 Sakaiminato is 3.7%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)249.3 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.e-stat.go.jp15Official
Unemployment rate3.72 %country median 3.8% — about the same31 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 Sakaiminato?

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

regional median gross pay: €249 (e-stat.go.jp, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€0of €0 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
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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€3.91/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31− €235
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—
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Public employment service

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools11 schools1 May 2024MEXT School Basic Survey 2024 municipality table 0000402311277Official

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents8.35 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20245Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents1.93 per 1,00031 Dec 2024Japan official municipality health statistics 20246Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents197.1 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.4Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Sakaiminato 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 residents1.93 per 1,000Verified 2026-08-31
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents573.4 incidents per 100,00031 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

Sakaiminato's nearest airport was YGJ, 5 km away and offered 6 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport6 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights9Official
Destinations from nearest airport3 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.12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport5 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports10Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)YGJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports10Official

Language courses and integration

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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Sakaiminato.

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Climate and air quality

Sakaiminato's monthly mean temperatures were 4.6°C in January and 25.8°C in July. Sakaiminato's monthly precipitation totalled 153.3 mm in January and 234.1 mm in July. Sakaiminato's average monthly sunshine was 67.4 hours in January and 168.6 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Sakaiminato?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.5 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 — 境港市8

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 Sakaiminato is 7.5 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 mean7.5 µg/m³country median 8.431 Mar 2024MOE Japan Air Pollution Monitoring Report FY2023 — 境港市8Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 8.3 · Feb 9.4 · Mar 13.1 · Apr 18.5 · May 23.2 · Jun 26.2 · Jul 29.8 · Aug 31.6 · Sep 27.1 · Oct 22 · Nov 16.5 · Dec 10.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MATSUE13Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.5 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 3.6 · Apr 8.2 · May 13.5 · Jun 18.2 · Jul 22.8 · Aug 23.8 · Sep 19.6 · Oct 13.4 · Nov 8 · Dec 3.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MATSUE13Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by monthJan 4.6 · Feb 5 · Mar 8 · Apr 13.1 · May 18 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 25.8 · Aug 27.1 · Sep 22.9 · Oct 17.4 · Nov 12 · Dec 7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MATSUE13Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by monthJan 153.3 · Feb 118.4 · Mar 134 · Apr 113 · May 130.3 · Jun 173 · Jul 234.1 · Aug 129.6 · Sep 204.1 · Oct 126.1 · Nov 121.6 · Dec 154.5 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MATSUE13Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by monthJan 67.4 · Feb 88.6 · Mar 140.5 · Apr 182.4 · May 206.5 · Jun 157.1 · Jul 168.6 · Aug 201 · Sep 146.2 · Oct 154.4 · Nov 113.8 · Dec 78.8 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station MATSUE13Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Ichinomiya ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.3 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.4 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.4 °C, Carrollton (United States) ±3.5 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±3.5 °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 1,124.7 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Sakaiminato?

The published population was 32,063 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total11

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area29.11 km²3 Aug 2026国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)18Official
Foreign-resident share2.34 %3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)21Official
Foreign residents751 people3 Aug 2026総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)21Official
Population density1,125 people/km²31 Dec 2020総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)20Official
Population32,063 people1 Jan 2026Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total11Official

International community in Sakaiminato

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
Total32,740100.0%
Japanese32,15198.2%
Foreigner4821.5%
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam2270.7%
Nationality not reported1070.3%
Republic of Korea700.2%
Others470.1%
Republic of the Philippines400.1%
Republic of Indonesia380.1%
Federative Republic of Brazil290.1%
People's Republic of China230.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
United States of America40.0%
Kingdom of Thailand20.0%
India10.0%
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 source3

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age52.8 years31 Dec 20262026 Resident Basic Register, population by age group by municipality (total residents)1Official

Alternatives for people set on Sakaiminato

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.

Cities near Sakaiminato

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

Yasugi 12.2 km away
Rent
4.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Yonago 15.3 km away
Rent
6.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Matsue 17.6 km away
Rent
6.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Daisen-cho 24.1 km away
Rent
2.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31

Alternative cities in Japan

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

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Ojiya32,044 residentsKamogawa32,116 residentsYawatahama31,987 residentsShiwa-cho32,147 residentsOda32,195 residentsAsakuchi32,253 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 Sakaiminato?

The published population was 32,063 people in 2026. Source: Resident Register Population, Population Movement and Number of Households Survey; 2026-01-01 municipal total.

How much does it cost to rent in Sakaiminato?

Average net cold rent is about 3.91 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 274 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Sakaiminato?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.5 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 — 境港市.

What is the unemployment rate in Sakaiminato?

The unemployment rate is about 3.7 % (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 Sakaiminato?

The median gross salary is 249.3 EUR/month. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is Sakaiminato a good place to live?

Sakaiminato 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 Sakaiminato?

Yasugi, Yonago, Matsue, Houki-cho, Nambu-cho (Tottori) are near Sakaiminato. 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 Sakaiminato?

The official citizenship distribution records 32,151 people (98.2%) 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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