Tokyo
Japan
Average rent, all rented homes JPY 87,118/month (Tokyo Prefecture, 2023) · prices about 16% below Brussels
Housing, income and price-level figures for Tokyo from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level.
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City Overview
The average bare rent across all rented homes in Tokyo Prefecture was JPY 87,118 a month (2023). A full-time worker in Tokyo Prefecture earned on average JPY 418,300 a month before tax, excluding overtime and bonuses (2025). Prices overall are about 16% below Brussels. An average worker in Japan takes home about €2,238 a month after tax (national figure).
♙Population9,733,276
▣CurrencyJPY
◷TimezoneAsia/Tokyo
▤CountryJapan
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Cost of Living in Tokyo
About 16% below Brussels
83.9Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● Low unemployment nationally● Price level below Brussels
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
Average full-time wage
Before tax, excluding overtime and bonusesJPY 418,300/monthTokyo Prefecture, 2025, official statistics · source
Before tax, excluding overtime and bonusesJPY 418,300/monthTokyo Prefecture, 2025, official statistics · source
Average worker's take-home pay
Gross €2,891 a month, single, no children€2,238/monthNational, 2023, Eurostat · all countries
Gross €2,891 a month, single, no children€2,238/monthNational, 2023, Eurostat · all countries
Unemployment2.5%Country context when available (national)
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Climate & Context
Average temperature16.9°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall1,322 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users86%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people2.6Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Tokyo
Price level (Brussels = 100)
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).83.9Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).83.9Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Average rent, all rented homes
Japan Housing and Land Survey (every five years): average monthly rent across all exclusive-use rented homes in Tokyo Prefecture, of every size and age, public and private, so a newly rented flat usually costs more.JPY 87,118/monthStatistics Bureau of Japan, Housing and Land Survey · reference period Oct 2023
Japan Housing and Land Survey (every five years): average monthly rent across all exclusive-use rented homes in Tokyo Prefecture, of every size and age, public and private, so a newly rented flat usually costs more.JPY 87,118/monthStatistics Bureau of Japan, Housing and Land Survey · reference period Oct 2023
Average monthly wage, full-time
Japan Basic Survey on Wage Structure: average scheduled monthly pay of full-time workers in Tokyo Prefecture for June, before tax, excluding overtime and bonuses. Bonuses come on top, so yearly earnings are higher than 12 times this figure.JPY 418,300/monthJapan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Basic Survey on Wage Structure · reference period Jun 2025
Japan Basic Survey on Wage Structure: average scheduled monthly pay of full-time workers in Tokyo Prefecture for June, before tax, excluding overtime and bonuses. Bonuses come on top, so yearly earnings are higher than 12 times this figure.JPY 418,300/monthJapan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Basic Survey on Wage Structure · reference period Jun 2025
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.16.9 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.16.9 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,322 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.1,322 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.