Ranking

Overall Livability Ranking

Livability is scored on 5 axes (safety, cost, convenience, welfare and economy) as deviation values (mean 50). Showing the top 50 cities for each category, nationwide and for each of 6 regions. Click a category to re-sort.

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KamakuraKanagawa	60.4	53.5	30.6	67.8	67.5	64.4
2	ZushiKanagawa	57.4	50.8	31.6	59.7	66.0	62.9
3	KyotoKyoto	56.6	47.9	34.8	61.3	66.7	57.2
4	SuitaOsaka	56.3	50.3	31.4	53.2	63.6	67.4
5	FujisawaKanagawa	56.2	49.6	31.2	57.3	62.3	64.8
6	ToyonakaOsaka	56.0	48.7	30.9	55.1	66.6	62.7
7	MachidaTokyo	55.7	44.8	36.8	55.5	58.4	68.0
8	NaraNara	55.6	54.7	39.8	57.3	61.1	56.8
9	NagasakiNagasaki	55.4	63.8	51.2	58.9	62.2	43.1
10	NagoyaAichi	55.3	33.0	35.7	58.5	63.4	64.7
11	KobeHyogo	55.2	33.8	38.2	63.7	64.0	57.2
12	NishinomiyaHyogo	55.1	40.7	30.6	56.6	66.3	61.9
13	FukuokaFukuoka	54.9	33.0	36.7	58.0	63.6	63.2
14	YokosukaKanagawa	54.8	63.3	42.7	58.6	58.1	49.4
15	KaruizawaNagano	54.7	42.1	46.2	55.3	50.9	68.2
16	AmagasakiHyogo	54.2	33.0	37.6	56.3	65.9	59.1
17	KofuYamanashi	54.1	48.4	53.7	52.9	62.7	49.8
18	HachiojiTokyo	54.0	51.5	39.5	53.9	54.7	61.9
19	AtamiShizuoka	53.9	33.4	47.3	60.2	59.5	55.6
20	KanazawaIshikawa	53.9	49.9	48.3	53.5	56.8	56.2
21	HayamaKanagawa	53.4	69.9	32.8	57.8	44.2	60.0
22	IchikawaChiba	53.3	47.7	30.6	52.1	52.9	69.0
23	SapporoHokkaido	53.3	45.7	44.3	54.2	54.5	59.3
24	HirakataOsaka	53.2	55.4	42.6	51.0	56.6	56.3
25	SaitamaSaitama	53.2	42.1	30.7	53.2	54.7	68.4
26	MitoIbaraki	53.1	Not scored	53.3	50.8	53.6	54.7
27	HiroshimaHiroshima	52.9	46.0	40.0	53.8	62.0	52.8
28	KitakyushuFukuoka	52.8	39.6	53.5	54.3	62.1	48.1
29	SendaiMiyagi	52.8	48.8	41.4	54.1	55.6	56.2
30	TakatsukiOsaka	52.8	52.2	36.5	50.4	59.9	56.6
31	OtsuShiga	52.7	45.4	46.2	50.6	54.9	59.5
32	ChibaChiba	52.6	40.2	38.4	51.2	53.5	66.4
33	GotoNagasaki	52.6	68.3	65.8	53.3	52.5	37.7
34	WakayamaWakayama	52.6	47.7	51.5	49.5	61.1	50.3
35	HokutoYamanashi	52.5	69.9	65.5	54.0	34.9	53.4
36	YamagataYamagata	52.5	59.7	50.2	50.9	56.6	47.8
37	HigashiosakaOsaka	52.4	33.0	41.0	54.1	60.6	57.9
38	MoriokaIwate	52.4	61.4	51.5	52.3	53.7	47.3
39	TokushimaTokushima	52.4	47.9	50.9	52.2	58.7	49.1
40	KashiharaNara	52.3	43.8	45.7	54.4	58.8	51.0
41	AkashiHyogo	52.2	41.6	39.0	53.9	57.6	56.9
42	SakaiOsaka	52.2	36.1	42.1	52.2	60.8	56.7
43	FunabashiChiba	52.0	45.0	32.4	53.3	50.1	65.9
44	GifuGifu	52.0	36.5	50.4	53.0	59.7	52.0
45	NichinanMiyazaki	52.0	69.9	65.8	53.4	53.0	33.7
46	OnomichiHiroshima	52.0	61.5	59.4	53.6	54.8	39.3
47	HakodateHokkaido	51.8	50.9	57.1	53.1	56.4	43.9
48	MatsudoChiba	51.8	47.7	36.6	55.0	49.9	60.3
49	MiyakonojoMiyazaki	51.8	56.1	64.4	50.3	48.5	48.0
50	MatsueShimane	51.7	56.3	53.4	49.1	57.5	45.3

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	SapporoHokkaido	53.3	45.7	44.3	54.2	54.5	59.3
2	SendaiMiyagi	52.8	48.8	41.4	54.1	55.6	56.2
3	YamagataYamagata	52.5	59.7	50.2	50.9	56.6	47.8
4	MoriokaIwate	52.4	61.4	51.5	52.3	53.7	47.3
5	HakodateHokkaido	51.8	50.9	57.1	53.1	56.4	43.9
6	HachinoheAomori	51.5	64.0	57.5	52.2	51.8	41.0
7	AkitaAkita	51.2	61.4	55.7	49.7	52.7	43.9
8	AsahikawaHokkaido	51.0	59.3	62.2	50.6	47.3	45.2
9	FukushimaFukushima	50.3	55.0	53.7	49.5	52.5	44.9
10	HanamakiIwate	49.5	69.9	61.5	49.9	42.3	40.0
11	ObihiroHokkaido	49.5	59.6	57.2	52.0	41.0	46.6
12	FuranoHokkaido	49.0	69.9	59.5	53.4	38.5	39.4
13	IwakiFukushima	48.2	49.7	55.7	49.0	49.3	41.8
14	TonoIwate	48.1	69.2	65.5	49.4	42.0	33.7
15	AomoriAomori	47.9	48.4	57.3	51.0	48.7	39.1
16	KoriyamaFukushima	46.8	46.4	48.9	47.4	46.4	45.6
17	BieiHokkaido	46.7	69.9	Not scored	52.4	32.2	43.9
18	TomakomaiHokkaido	46.7	47.4	63.5	48.0	38.1	45.4

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KamakuraKanagawa	60.4	53.5	30.6	67.8	67.5	64.4
2	ZushiKanagawa	57.4	50.8	31.6	59.7	66.0	62.9
3	FujisawaKanagawa	56.2	49.6	31.2	57.3	62.3	64.8
4	MachidaTokyo	55.7	44.8	36.8	55.5	58.4	68.0
5	YokosukaKanagawa	54.8	63.3	42.7	58.6	58.1	49.4
6	HachiojiTokyo	54.0	51.5	39.5	53.9	54.7	61.9
7	HayamaKanagawa	53.4	69.9	32.8	57.8	44.2	60.0
8	IchikawaChiba	53.3	47.7	30.6	52.1	52.9	69.0
9	SaitamaSaitama	53.2	42.1	30.7	53.2	54.7	68.4
10	MitoIbaraki	53.1	Not scored	53.3	50.8	53.6	54.7
11	ChibaChiba	52.6	40.2	38.4	51.2	53.5	66.4
12	FunabashiChiba	52.0	45.0	32.4	53.3	50.1	65.9
13	MatsudoChiba	51.8	47.7	36.6	55.0	49.9	60.3
14	TsukubaIbaraki	51.7	Not scored	45.1	43.5	45.2	69.8
15	HiratsukaKanagawa	51.6	43.1	39.8	51.7	52.7	60.4
16	TokorozawaSaitama	51.3	48.2	34.6	52.6	51.2	60.1
17	KashiwaChiba	51.2	44.9	35.4	52.8	48.9	62.9
18	TakasakiGunma	50.9	41.5	50.0	48.4	54.9	54.7
19	MaebashiGunma	50.6	39.0	53.4	47.3	55.7	53.2
20	UtsunomiyaTochigi	50.4	44.4	47.5	47.4	51.1	57.2
21	SagamiharaKanagawa	49.7	45.3	35.4	49.8	50.4	58.2
22	KawagoeSaitama	49.1	38.7	38.6	49.9	48.9	58.9
23	KoshigayaSaitama	48.9	33.0	36.7	54.9	48.4	57.6
24	KawaguchiSaitama	48.5	39.6	30.6	50.8	51.0	57.1
25	NasushiobaraTochigi	46.4	41.0	61.3	50.8	35.1	48.6

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	NagoyaAichi	55.3	33.0	35.7	58.5	63.4	64.7
2	KaruizawaNagano	54.7	42.1	46.2	55.3	50.9	68.2
3	KofuYamanashi	54.1	48.4	53.7	52.9	62.7	49.8
4	AtamiShizuoka	53.9	33.4	47.3	60.2	59.5	55.6
5	KanazawaIshikawa	53.9	49.9	48.3	53.5	56.8	56.2
6	HokutoYamanashi	52.5	69.9	65.5	54.0	34.9	53.4
7	GifuGifu	52.0	36.5	50.4	53.0	59.7	52.0
8	FukuiFukui	51.6	46.5	51.7	53.6	57.1	46.8
9	MatsumotoNagano	51.4	48.1	50.1	52.3	53.4	50.9
10	ShizuokaShizuoka	50.9	51.4	41.5	52.4	52.5	52.4
11	NaganoNagano	50.7	54.3	51.0	50.1	50.2	49.7
12	HamamatsuShizuoka	50.2	54.0	46.8	47.6	50.8	51.8
13	NumazuShizuoka	50.0	43.2	46.6	53.0	54.0	48.0
14	KasugaiAichi	49.8	Not scored	41.8	46.5	51.2	55.9
15	IchinomiyaAichi	49.6	45.5	47.5	49.3	50.1	52.5
16	NiigataNiigata	49.4	48.0	50.6	49.7	49.6	48.9
17	TakayamaGifu	49.4	60.4	52.7	53.3	46.4	41.5
18	OkazakiAichi	49.0	Not scored	43.6	46.5	45.6	57.6
19	ToyamaToyama	49.0	42.9	53.4	49.5	49.3	49.0
20	NagaokaNiigata	47.7	59.0	53.1	49.4	43.1	42.2
21	ToyohashiAichi	47.4	50.4	48.7	47.3	47.2	45.4
22	ToyotaAichi	47.4	Not scored	43.7	43.8	43.0	57.0
23	MinamiuonumaNiigata	47.1	68.7	62.7	53.2	35.6	33.8
24	HakubaNagano	46.4	43.3	Not scored	54.0	38.2	48.5

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	KyotoKyoto	56.6	47.9	34.8	61.3	66.7	57.2
2	SuitaOsaka	56.3	50.3	31.4	53.2	63.6	67.4
3	ToyonakaOsaka	56.0	48.7	30.9	55.1	66.6	62.7
4	NaraNara	55.6	54.7	39.8	57.3	61.1	56.8
5	KobeHyogo	55.2	33.8	38.2	63.7	64.0	57.2
6	NishinomiyaHyogo	55.1	40.7	30.6	56.6	66.3	61.9
7	AmagasakiHyogo	54.2	33.0	37.6	56.3	65.9	59.1
8	HirakataOsaka	53.2	55.4	42.6	51.0	56.6	56.3
9	TakatsukiOsaka	52.8	52.2	36.5	50.4	59.9	56.6
10	OtsuShiga	52.7	45.4	46.2	50.6	54.9	59.5
11	WakayamaWakayama	52.6	47.7	51.5	49.5	61.1	50.3
12	HigashiosakaOsaka	52.4	33.0	41.0	54.1	60.6	57.9
13	KashiharaNara	52.3	43.8	45.7	54.4	58.8	51.0
14	AkashiHyogo	52.2	41.6	39.0	53.9	57.6	56.9
15	SakaiOsaka	52.2	36.1	42.1	52.2	60.8	56.7
16	NeyagawaOsaka	51.7	37.0	42.8	52.3	61.0	53.4
17	TambasasayamaHyogo	50.4	61.0	58.1	52.6	48.8	40.5
18	HimejiHyogo	49.6	34.8	48.5	51.5	53.0	52.3
19	TakasagoHyogo	49.4	44.8	55.9	49.5	52.3	45.6
20	TsuMie	49.0	36.6	56.4	47.0	54.2	48.4
21	ToyookaHyogo	48.9	57.4	53.5	53.8	51.3	34.9
22	YokkaichiMie	48.7	40.2	49.3	47.9	51.5	50.8

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	HiroshimaHiroshima	52.9	46.0	40.0	53.8	62.0	52.8
2	TokushimaTokushima	52.4	47.9	50.9	52.2	58.7	49.1
3	OnomichiHiroshima	52.0	61.5	59.4	53.6	54.8	39.3
4	MatsueShimane	51.7	56.3	53.4	49.1	57.5	45.3
5	KureHiroshima	51.6	53.4	53.2	53.4	59.4	40.2
6	ShimonosekiYamaguchi	51.5	58.2	57.4	53.2	56.5	38.7
7	ShodoshimaKagawa	50.7	69.9	Not scored	53.3	46.9	42.1
8	TakamatsuKagawa	50.3	38.4	49.8	51.2	55.9	49.9
9	YamaguchiYamaguchi	50.3	58.1	56.4	46.7	49.3	47.8
10	KochiKochi	49.4	39.9	51.1	52.5	56.3	43.3
11	MatsuyamaEhime	49.4	42.6	49.5	47.5	55.7	48.4
12	OkayamaOkayama	48.9	41.7	48.1	49.4	52.5	48.9
13	KurashikiOkayama	48.2	47.3	51.8	45.2	50.0	47.9
14	TottoriTottori	47.7	48.7	56.6	49.8	49.8	38.5
15	FukuyamaHiroshima	47.5	47.1	50.6	47.5	52.3	41.6

#	City	Overall	Safety	Cost	Convenience	Welfare	Economy
1	NagasakiNagasaki	55.4	63.8	51.2	58.9	62.2	43.1
2	FukuokaFukuoka	54.9	33.0	36.7	58.0	63.6	63.2
3	KitakyushuFukuoka	52.8	39.6	53.5	54.3	62.1	48.1
4	GotoNagasaki	52.6	68.3	65.8	53.3	52.5	37.7
5	NichinanMiyazaki	52.0	69.9	65.8	53.4	53.0	33.7
6	MiyakonojoMiyazaki	51.8	56.1	64.4	50.3	48.5	48.0
7	OitaOita	51.5	61.1	52.3	47.4	53.4	48.7
8	SagaSaga	51.4	44.9	52.4	51.6	55.1	50.3
9	KumamotoKumamoto	51.2	49.0	48.7	48.9	56.4	50.8
10	KurumeFukuoka	51.1	38.4	51.5	51.6	56.9	51.0
11	ItoshimaFukuoka	50.8	56.6	48.0	49.2	48.0	53.5
12	TaketaOita	50.8	69.9	65.2	51.7	50.1	33.7
13	SaseboNagasaki	50.7	60.8	54.8	52.6	55.6	36.7
14	KagoshimaKagoshima	50.6	42.7	48.7	51.9	58.6	46.4
15	MinamiasoKumamoto	50.6	69.9	Not scored	53.6	45.8	42.9
16	MiyazakiMiyazaki	50.3	47.0	53.9	51.1	55.2	44.4
17	NahaOkinawa	50.3	33.0	39.3	56.0	61.4	47.7
18	OmutaFukuoka	50.2	34.8	64.5	54.3	60.6	36.3
19	NobeokaMiyazaki	50.0	57.9	61.2	52.5	52.5	35.4
20	AsoKumamoto	49.8	53.9	65.8	53.4	46.3	39.6
21	TakeoSaga	49.8	54.6	57.7	52.2	52.3	38.6
22	AmamiKagoshima	49.2	46.1	55.9	53.4	56.9	35.7
23	MiyakojimaOkinawa	48.5	42.5	56.2	53.0	44.7	46.7
24	YakushimaKagoshima	47.6	52.8	Not scored	53.3	53.4	33.7
25	IshigakiOkinawa	44.2	34.6	48.2	53.3	42.9	39.1

Scores use deviation values (mean 50, std dev 10). 50 is average, 60+ is excellent. Sources: e-Stat, MLIT Real Estate Information Library. Learn more →

* This ranking is one objective measure based on statistical data and does not definitively determine the superiority of any area. Perceived livability varies greatly depending on individual values and lifestyle.