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Relocation budget for Tokyo
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Executive overview
Does your monthly budget match this city's real cost of living in Tokyo?
- Destination
- Tokyo, Japan
- Living mid
- $3.2k/mo
- Market
- Costs rising
- Catalog
- 2026-05
Slider your lifestyle fit against cited city monthly costs in seconds. Compares your monthly budget to cited city living midpoints — not live listings.
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Cited Tokyo cost context
These planning bands come from the SetTern city catalog for Tokyo, Japan. The calculator below is prefilled from them — edit any line to match your own quote.
Tokyo relocation guide · All-city version of this tool · How to read your result
Compare your monthly budget against cited living costs for each SetTern city — a quick affordability screen before you run the full relocation cost estimator.
$3,000/mo
107%
of your budget on cited living costs in Tokyo
Your result
Above cited average
Tokyo · Highly Skilled Professional (HSP)
Cited average is $3,200/mo — you are $200 short on a typical month.
- Your budget
- $3,000
- per month
- Cited average
- $3,200
- MLIT Japan Residential Rent Trend Survey 2025
- Rent band (1BR)
- $1,000
- from city catalog
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Costs from MLIT Japan Residential Rent Trend Survey 2025. Planning only — confirm rent and visa rules on official sources.
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Tokyo costs are trending up — read neighbourhood guides before you sign a lease.
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Compares your monthly budget to cited city living midpoints — not live listings.
Basis: Cited 2026 catalog · catalog 2026-05-19
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Common questions
- Is Relocation Budget Planner legal or immigration advice?
- No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.
- What cost figure is compared to my budget?
- The cited monthly midpoint for the city (SetTern city cost catalog (cited midpoints)) with source noted on city pages.
- Is this a full relocation budget?
- No. For visa fees, deposits, and shipping use the relocation cost estimator or one-time move cost checklist.