Setagaya-ku
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,741 a month in Setagaya-ku, rent included: 71% less than in New York. The average net salary is $1,466 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Setagaya-ku; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%55
- Safetycountry20%64
- Health carecountry15%65
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%56
- Connectivitycountry10%53
- Cost10%45
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Japan
- #32
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,858
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Setagaya-ku | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $6.38 | $25.00 | −74% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $25.50 | $140 | −82% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $4.46 | $14.00 | −68% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.23 | $8.00 | −72% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $3.19 | $10.00 | −68% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.96 | $6.37 | −54% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.08 | $3.80 | −72% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.64 | $2.89 | −78% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.28 | $1.36 | −6% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.71 | $4.68 | −63% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.67 | $6.97 | −47% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.22 | $5.73 | −79% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $11.89 | $17.38 | −32% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $6.11 | $15.11 | −60% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $14.54 | $17.77 | −18% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $5.74 | $6.11 | −6% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.79 | $2.20 | +27% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.90 | $5.77 | −50% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.22 | $6.25 | −32% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.60 | $3.47 | −25% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.63 | $4.17 | −37% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.28 | $2.72 | −53% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.57 | $2.50 | −77% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $6.38 | $20.00 | −68% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.79 | $3.21 | −44% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.07 | $3.96 | −48% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.70 | $19.00 | −81% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.40 | $3.00 | −53% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | — | $140 | — |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.68 | $3.00 | −11% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.55 | $2.18 | +17% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $20.72 | $42.00 | −51% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.10 | $1.10 | 0% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $21,602 | $35,458 | −39% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $18,416 | $25,309 | −27% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $24.44 | $73.50 | −67% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $32.41 | $71.93 | −55% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $63.76 | $126 | −49% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $11.80 | $23.00 | −49% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $637 | $3,366 | −81% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $14,840 | $60,589 | −76% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $38.26 | $72.80 | −47% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $32.68 | $53.22 | −39% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $61.95 | $118 | −47% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $63.76 | $125 | −49% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,080 | $4,417 | −76% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $822 | $3,033 | −73% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | — | $9,242 | — |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | — | $5,461 | — |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $1,466 | $5,178 | −72% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.00% | 6.49% | −4.5 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,080 | $1,466 |
| Jan 2026 | — | $1,107 | $1,503 |
| Dec 2025 | 36.1 | $1,096 | $1,474 |
| Nov 2025 | — | — | $1,494 |
| May 2025 | 51.2 | $1,188 | $1,583 |
| Apr 2025 | 52.1 | $1,211 | $1,614 |
| Mar 2025 | 57.7 | $1,158 | $1,543 |
| Feb 2025 | 57.9 | $1,152 | $1,535 |
| Jan 2025 | 54.7 | $1,107 | $1,474 |
| Dec 2024 | 48.1 | $1,129 | $1,504 |
| Nov 2024 | 40.7 | $1,143 | $1,522 |
| Oct 2024 | 32.6 | $1,129 | $1,504 |
| Sep 2024 | 34.8 | $1,198 | $1,596 |
| Aug 2024 | 32.8 | $1,132 | $1,508 |
| Jul 2024 | 31.3 | $1,073 | $1,430 |
| Jun 2024 | 31.9 | $1,100 | $1,465 |
| May 2024 | 32.0 | $1,101 | $1,467 |
| Apr 2024 | 32.7 | $1,141 | $1,520 |
| Mar 2024 | 33.1 | $1,153 | $1,535 |
| Feb 2024 | 34.4 | $1,168 | $1,556 |
| Jan 2024 | 36.0 | $1,224 | $1,631 |
| Dec 2023 | 34.5 | $1,174 | $1,564 |
| Nov 2023 | 33.8 | $1,150 | $1,532 |
| Oct 2023 | 34.0 | $1,156 | $1,540 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Japan's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Setagaya-ku yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Setagaya-ku. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Setagaya-ku on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Setagaya-ku yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- Rain a year
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Setagaya-ku.
Internet
Japan median; city not listed- Upload
- 136Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 13ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 66Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 34ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Setagaya-ku yet.
Cities like Setagaya-ku
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 7Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 87%3 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026