Living in Tottori-shi

In Tottori-shi, tenants pay an average rent of €293 a month (2023).

Tottori-shi's unemployment stood at 3.52% at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population179,215people31 Dec 2024Official source · e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度

Average gross salary1,674EUR/month30 Jun 2025Regional figureOfficial source · MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table

Average rent293.1EUR/month31 Oct 2023Official source · Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura

Unemployment rate3.52%country median 3.8% — 6% 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 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 mean8.73µg/m³country median 8.4 — 4% aboveOfficial source · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023

Which Japan-wide rules apply when you move to Tottori-shi?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in JapanNational rates and thresholds that apply in Tottori-shi.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 Tottori-shi. 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 citiesTottori-shi highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Kawasaki€13.36

Yokohama€11.97

Osaka€10.65

Kyoto€10.46

Hiroshima€8.38

Sapporo€7.56

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Saitama€10.37

Chiba€9.08

Fukuoka€9.00

Kobe€8.87

Sendai€8.85

Nagoya€8.81

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¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	docomo mini 10GB¹Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	293.1 EUR/month	31 Oct 2023	Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling — Japan, prefecture, shi, ku, machi and mura³Official

Is Tottori-shi a good place to live?

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Remote worker68%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 59–77%

Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 63–81%

Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 52–72%

Family66%strong on family, weak on education · range 56–76%

Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Tottori-shi?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (October 2020).

Unemployment rate: 3.52 % · 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)¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in JapanUnemployment in Tottori-shi is 3.5%. Of 1,816 cities with data, 818 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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0–11–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–10

Tottori-shi 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,674 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	MHLW / e-Stat — Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025, 47-prefecture scheduled earnings reference table⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.52 %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)¹⁶Official

What does a salary buy in Tottori-shi?

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

Left over each month€1,066of €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 · Housing and Land Survey 2023, Table 112-3-2: Monthly Rent of Dwelling by Type of Dwelling · 2023-10-31	− €293
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	€1,066

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Tottori-shi. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Tottori-shi. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 1,000 residents	16.53 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁴Official
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,653 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁴Official
Hospitals	11 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV¹³Official
Pharmacies	83 count	1 Jun 2026	医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV¹⁴Official
Physicians per 1,000 residents	2.92 per 1,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents	291.9 per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Japan official municipality health statistics 2024⁵Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tottori-shi 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,653 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-09-16

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	573.4 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1-5-2¹²Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Tottori-shi's nearest airport was TTJ, 7 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	7 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	TTJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Tottori-shi. 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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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 4.2°C in January to 26.2°C in July. Tottori-shi's monthly precipitation totalled 201.2 mm in January and 188.6 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Tottori-shi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 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: 8.73 µg/m³ · NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸

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

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8°1°

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19°8°

24°13°

27°18°

31°22°

33°23°

28°19°

22°13°

17°8°

11°3°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

201

154

144

102

123

146

189

129

225

154

146

218

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

131

177

201

154

167

204

143

146

111

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hours

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

PM2.58.7WHO 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 Tottori-shi is 8.7 µg/m³. Of 804 cities with data, 209 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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209

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4–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Tottori-shi 8.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.73 µg/m³country median 8.4	31 Dec 2023	NIES monthly PM2.5 station means annualized to calendar 2023⁸Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.1 · Feb 9.1 · Mar 13.1 · Apr 18.9 · May 23.8 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 30.9 · Aug 32.6 · Sep 27.8 · Oct 22.4 · Nov 16.8 · Dec 10.9 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 鳥取⁶Official · parent municipality
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.1 · Feb 1 · Mar 3.1 · Apr 7.6 · May 12.9 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 22.5 · Aug 23.3 · Sep 19 · Oct 12.9 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 3.2 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 鳥取⁶Official · parent municipality
Average temperature by month	Jan 4.2 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 7.9 · Apr 13.2 · May 18.1 · Jun 22 · Jul 26.2 · Aug 27.3 · Sep 22.9 · Oct 17.2 · Nov 11.9 · Dec 6.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 鳥取⁶Official · parent municipality
Average precipitation by month	Jan 201.2 · Feb 154 · Mar 144.3 · Apr 102.2 · May 123 · Jun 146 · Jul 188.6 · Aug 128.6 · Sep 225.4 · Oct 153.6 · Nov 145.9 · Dec 218.4 mm	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 鳥取⁶Official · parent municipality
Average sunshine by month	Jan 69 · Feb 83.7 · Mar 131.3 · Apr 177.4 · May 201.4 · Jun 153.9 · Jul 166.5 · Aug 203.8 · Sep 143.4 · Oct 146.1 · Nov 110.7 · Dec 82.6 hours	31 Dec 2020	JMA 1991-2020 surface climate normals — 鳥取⁶Official · parent municipality

Population and city profile

Population density was 246.3 people per km² at the end of 2020.

How many people live in Tottori-shi?

The published population was 179,215 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	765.3 km²	3 Aug 2026	国土地理院 (Geospatial Information Authority of Japan)¹⁵Official
Foreign-resident share	1.12 %	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民 ÷ 総計)¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	1,985 people	3 Aug 2026	総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民)¹⁸Official
Population density	246.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2020	総務省統計局 (e-Stat, 国勢調査2020 第1-1表)¹⁷Official
Population	179,215 people	31 Dec 2024	e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度²Official

Alternatives for people set on Tottori-shi

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.

Kofu as a Tottori-shi alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Foreign residents: 4.3% Kofu vs 1.1% Tottori-shi+283%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 416 Kofu vs 573 Tottori-shi−27%
Unemployment: 3.7% Kofu vs 3.5% Tottori-shi+5%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,788.2 Kofu vs 1,653.4 Tottori-shi+8%
Residents: 183,850 Kofu vs 179,215 Tottori-shi+3%

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Alternative cities in Japan

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Tottori179,215 residents Uji178,294 residents Chuo-ku (Niigata)180,345 residents Jōetsu180,440 residents Asao-ku (Kawasaki)180,705 residents Hanamigawa-ku (Chiba)177,328 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 Tottori-shi?

The published population was 179,215 people in 2024. Source: e-Stat 社会・人口統計体系市区町村データ基礎データ（オリジナル）0000020101 — A2301 住民基本台帳人口（総数）, 調査年 2024年度.

Is the air quality good in Tottori-shi?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 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 Tottori-shi?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (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).

How many foreign residents live in Tottori-shi?

1,985 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: 総務省自治行政局 (住民基本台帳, 外国人住民).

Is Tottori-shi a good place to live?

Tottori-shi 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Tottori-shi, Japan: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {eff0560c7478e879cb59f85d0b08ef3f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/jp/tottori-shi/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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医療情報ネット hospitals facility CSV mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-09-15
医療情報ネット pharmacies CSV mhlw.go.jp · checked 2026-09-15
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