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Triplandio Nara guide covers 12 travel guides across 39 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 48 self-guided walking tours in Nara with 278 POI, spanning 176 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Nara
City & Country Data Japan (Nara)
Key travel data for Nara — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Japan
Cost
LOW
Safety
89
Health
100
Lifestyle
48
Infra
100
Rank
#5
Score
70
Tourists
4.1M/y
GDP/cap
$36.0k
Life Exp
84.0 yrs
Population
123.4M
Currency
JPY ¥
Language
Japanese
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
110
💰 Prices in Nara
Coffee
$2.50
Beer
$3.50
Lunch
$10.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.50
Transit
$2.00
Fuel
$1.20/l
Internet
$40.00/m
Salary
$1,500/m
Best time to visit Nara (Japan)
Now (September) avg: 26°C, wetter month, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Nov & Dec.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
31°C / 22°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:47 / 17:48
Local time
7:24
Best Months 
Nov & Dec
Nov & Dec
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
A comforting Nara porridge of rice cooked in tea. Sushi wrapped in persimmon leaves from Nara. Thin, hand-stretched wheat noodles from Miwa. Rice bran pickles fermented over years in Nara. High-quality, traditional Japanese green tea from Nara.
Traditional Local Food
Nara (Japan)
Breakfast
Vegan
Chagayu
茶粥
chah-gah-yoo
· Tea porridge
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Kaki-no-ha Sushi
柿の葉寿司
kah-kee-no-ha soo-shee
· Persimmon leaf sushi
Main course
Vegan
Miwa Somen
三輪素麺
mee-wah soh-men
· Thin wheat noodles
Side dish
Vegetarian
Narazuke
奈良漬け
nah-rah-zoo-keh
· Nara-style pickles
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Drink
Vegan
Yamato-cha
大和茶
yah-mah-toh chah
· Yamato tea
