Living in Shimada

In Shimada (Kumamoto Prefecture), tenants pay an average rent of €289 a month (2023).

The unemployment rate was 4.2% in October 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2310 sources

Average gross salary1,748EUR/month30 Jun 2025Regional figureOfficial source · MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table

Average rent289.3EUR/month31 Dec 2023Official source · 2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings

Unemployment rate4.2%1 Oct 2020Municipality figureOfficial source · Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality

Recorded crime443.7incidents 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 mean10µg/m³country median 8.4 — 19% aboveOfficial source · tenbou.nies.go.jp

Higher unemployment than 69% of Japanese cities that publish it and dirtier air than 85% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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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.

No city-level rent figure is published for Shimada. 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 citiesShimada highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Sapporo€7.56

Shimada€7.16

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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⁹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB²Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	289.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2023	2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings¹Official

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Remote worker64%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–76%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–77%

Student66%strong on cost, weak on education · range 55–77%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 48–74%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–68%

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Shimada is 4.2%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Shimada 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,748 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table⁴Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.2 %	1 Oct 2020	Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality³Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Shimada?

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

Left over each month€1,070of €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	− €289
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	€1,070

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Shimada. 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

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Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	443.7 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1-5-2¹⁰Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Shimada's nearest airport was KMJ, 11 km away and offered 6 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	6 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	11 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KMJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Shimada's monthly mean temperatures were 6.9°C in January and 27.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 74.4 mm in January and 299.1 mm in July. Shimada's average monthly sunshine was 104.1 hours in January and 172.2 hours in July.

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

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12°4°

15°7°

20°12°

24°16°

27°20°

31°25°

32°25°

29°22°

24°16°

18°11°

13°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

104

118

134

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175

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

104

124

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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

PM2.510WHO 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 Shimada is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Shimada 10.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	10 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Dec 2023	tenbou.nies.go.jp⁷Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 10.2 · Feb 11.6 · Mar 15 · Apr 19.9 · May 24.4 · Jun 27.2 · Jul 31.2 · Aug 32.5 · Sep 28.6 · Oct 23.7 · Nov 18.2 · Dec 12.6 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA⁸Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 3.9 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 7.2 · Apr 11.5 · May 16.1 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 16 · Nov 10.6 · Dec 5.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA⁸Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 6.9 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15.4 · May 19.9 · Jun 23.3 · Jul 27.4 · Aug 28.4 · Sep 24.7 · Oct 19.6 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 9.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA⁸Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 74.4 · Feb 69.8 · Mar 103.7 · Apr 118.2 · May 133.7 · Jun 249.6 · Jul 299.1 · Aug 210 · Sep 175.1 · Oct 94.5 · Nov 91.4 · Dec 67.5 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA⁸Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 104.1 · Feb 123.5 · Mar 161.2 · Apr 188.1 · May 204.1 · Jun 145.2 · Jul 172.2 · Aug 200.9 · Sep 164.7 · Oct 175.9 · Nov 137.3 · Dec 112.2 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA⁸Official · parent municipality

Similar climate. In Japan: Isahaya ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Carrollton (United States) ±2.4 °C, Lewisville (United States) ±2.4 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.5 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±3.1 °C, Round Rock (United States) ±3.3 °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.

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Common questions

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What is the unemployment rate in Shimada?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 %. Source: Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality.

Is the air quality good in Shimada?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: tenbou.nies.go.jp.

How safe is Shimada?

Police recorded 443.7 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. 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.

Is Shimada a good place to live?

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Shimada (Kumamoto Prefecture), Japan: rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d323cf899d4cdbbf8fdbdc582d898cfb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/shimada-21-7412706/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Shimada (Kumamoto Prefecture), Japan: rent, salary, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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}

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Sources

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2023 Housing and Land Survey, table 112-3-2: average one-month rent of exclusive dwellings e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
docomo mini 10GB docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-15
Japan 2020 Census labor force status by municipality e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-07-16
MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table MHLW / e-Stat · e-stat.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
tenbou.nies.go.jp tenbou.nies.go.jp · checked 2026-08-26
WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station FUKUOKA WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
ドコモ光月額料金 — NTTドコモドコモ光月額料金 · docomo.ne.jp · checked 2026-09-19
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 npa.go.jp · checked 2026-09-23

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