Living in Tokyo

In Tokyo, rents across existing tenancies average €14.96 per m² a month (2023).

Tokyo is the national capital of Japan. The climate observations are from 2020, while the cost estimates are from July 2026.

Last checked 2026-10-1016 sources

Population14,077,552people1 Jan 2026Official source · 住民基本台帳による世帯と人口　令和8年1月1日現在（東京都）

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 net rent14.96EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27 — 139% aboveOfficial source · www.e-stat.go.jp

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 mean7.8µg/m³31 Dec 2023Nearest stationOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Pricier rent than 98% of Japanese cities that publish it and cleaner air than 66% of Japanese cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

Practical estimates in July 2026 placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €134.7 per month and an inexpensive restaurant meal at €6.48. Fixed internet cost €24.85 per month at the provider's published price in December 2025. A mobile plan with at least 10 GB of data cost €21.75 per month at the provider's published price in October 2026. A monthly estimate placed a fitness-club membership at €55.37 in July 2026.

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 Tokyo?

Average net cold rent is about 14.96 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): 14.96 EUR/m²/month · www.e-stat.go.jp⁹

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€1162

Utilities, 85 m² flat€135

Transport pass€100

Fitness club€55

Internet, 60 Mbps€25

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Supplemental estimate lane, not official statistics: Utilities, 85 m² flat, Private kindergarten, Fitness club. The others are published prices.

Net rent across major citiesTokyo highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Tokyo€14.96

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

Show the other 6 cities

Kyoto€10.46

Saitama€10.37

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	55.37 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Lebenshaltungskosten in Tokio¹⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Grocery basket, monthly	78.2 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	24.85 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	FY2025 Survey on Differences in Telecommunications Service Charges between Domestic and Overseas Markets — Detailed Report (別紙2)¹Official · national market
Private kindergarten, monthly	1,162 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Lebenshaltungskosten in Tokio¹⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	6.48 EUR	31 Jul 2026	Lebenshaltungskosten in Tokio¹⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.75 EUR/month	31 Oct 2026	ドコモ mini \| 料金・割引 (Docomo mini charges and discounts)¹⁰Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	99.8 EUR/month	14 Mar 2026	Tokyo Metro All-line Pass⁸Official
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	134.7 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Lebenshaltungskosten in Tokio¹⁴Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Average net rent (nettokalt)	14.96 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €6.27	31 Dec 2023	www.e-stat.go.jp⁹Official

Is Tokyo a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on housing · range 51–71%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on housing · range 58–74%

Student33%strong on education, weak on housing · range 25–41%

Family48%strong on family, weak on legal route · range 39–57%

Retirement47%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 34–60%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 898 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 14.96 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

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 table³Official · regional context
Public employment offices	11 count	15 Sept 2026	Tokyo Hello Work — office list⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Tokyo?

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

Left over each month€233of €1,412 take-home

Rent
Utilities
Transport
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
Rent, 60 m²€14.96/m² · official · e-stat.go.jp · 2023-12-31	− €898
Public transport pass€100 · official · Tokyo Metro All-line Pass · 2026-03-14	− €100
Utilities, 85 m²€135 · market price · Lebenshaltungskosten in Tokio · 2026-07-31	− €135
Internet€25 · official · FY2025 Survey on Differences in Telecommunications Service Charges between Domestic and Overseas Markets · 2025-12-31	− €25
Mobile plan€22 · official · ドコモ mini \| 料金・割引 (Docomo mini charges and discounts) · 2026-10-31	− €22
Left over	€233

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

Public employment offices in Tokyo

Tokyo Hello Work lists 11 public employment offices in Tokyo (checked 2026-09-16). Use the official office finder for addresses and appointments; registration and job search are also available online through the national service below.

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The office count comes from the service's own directory. Individual addresses and opening hours are not listed here yet. Sources checked through 16 Sept 2026.

Family and education

A monthly estimate placed private kindergarten fees at €1,162 in July 2026.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Public language course providers	2 count	30 Apr 2026	Japanese language classes for metropolitan high school students - Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education²Official

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1-5-2¹¹Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	73 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Nearest airport	HND	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	18 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Public transport monthly pass	67.78 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁵Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context

Language courses and integration in Tokyo

2 exact course-location records are linked to this city. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.

Verified locally

2verified local records

2publicly funded course providers

1provider-supplied leads

Tokyo Metropolitan Government

2-8-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8001

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government

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Private and nonprofit providers

Provider-supplied records stay separate from government-verified services.

Provider-supplied record · supplemental Tokyo International Japanese School

2-13-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 5.4°C in January and 25.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 59.7 mm in January and 156.2 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 10.8 µg/m³ at the end of 2019. Average monthly highs reached 29.9°C in July and 12°C in December. Average monthly lows ranged from 1.2°C in January to 23.5°C in August.

Is the air quality good in Tokyo?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.8 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 2023⁴

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

116

134

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168

156

155

225

235

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

193

170

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180

124

151

174

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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

PM2.57.8WHO 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 Tokyo is 7.8 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Tokyo 7.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁴Official · nearest-station reading
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 CSV¹⁶Independent
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 CSV¹⁶Independent
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 CSV¹⁶Independent
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 CSV¹⁶Independent
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 CSV¹⁶Independent

Population and city profile

How many people live in Tokyo?

The published population was 14,077,552 people in January 2026. Source: 住民基本台帳による世帯と人口　令和8年1月1日現在（東京都）¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	783,701 people	1 Jan 2026	東京都 — 外国人人口（各年1月1日現在）時系列 (TMG Statistics Division open data)¹³Official
Population	14,077,552 people	1 Jan 2026	住民基本台帳による世帯と人口　令和8年1月1日現在（東京都）¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Tokyo

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.

Osaka as a Tokyo alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €10.65/m² Osaka vs €14.96/m² Tokyo−29%
Transport pass: €29 Osaka vs €68 Tokyo−58%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,471 Osaka vs 701 Tokyono percentage

Full comparison More about Osaka

Graz as a Tokyo alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €6.33/m² (2005) Graz vs €14.96/m² (2023) Tokyono percentage
Nearest airport: 8.0 km Graz vs 18.0 km Tokyo−56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,589 (2023) Graz vs 701 (2025) Tokyono percentage
Transport pass: €65 Graz vs €68 Tokyo−4%

Full comparison More about Graz

Alternative cities in Japan

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

All Japan cities

Yokohama3,753,315 residents Osaka2,798,782 residents Nagoya2,303,004 residents Sapporo1,955,678 residents Fukuoka1,620,853 residents Kawasaki1,542,534 residents

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Tokyo in rankings

#1 of 30 in Largest cities in ImmigrationDB #1 of 30 in Largest cities in Japan #7 of 30 in Cities with the largest foreign populations

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tokyo when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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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 Tokyo?

The published population was 14,077,552 people in January 2026. Source: 住民基本台帳による世帯と人口　令和8年1月1日現在（東京都）.

How much does it cost to rent in Tokyo?

Average net cold rent is about 14.96 EUR/m² per month (2023 Housing and Land Survey), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 1,047 EUR a month before utilities. Source: www.e-stat.go.jp.

Is the air quality good in Tokyo?

How many foreign residents live in Tokyo?

783,701 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 東京都 — 外国人人口（各年1月1日現在）時系列 (TMG Statistics Division open data).

How much is public transport in Tokyo?

A monthly transport pass is 99.8 EUR/month. Source: Tokyo Metro All-line Pass.

Is Tokyo a good place to live?

Tokyo 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.

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