Albuquerque vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Albuquerque	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1964	$1016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4905	$2637
🏠 One person rent	$1128	$400
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$576	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3901	$1493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	57
😀 Quality of life	84	72
🏙️ Population	565K	788K

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 93% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 2114th and 5456th ($1964 vs $1016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1690th and 371st in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Albuquerque ranked 149th best city to live in the United States vs Hamamatsu ranked 427th in Japan, while ranked 484th and 3374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Hamamatsu

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	Albuquerque	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.1	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.9	$39.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.94	$3.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.09	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.74	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1041	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$931	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1917	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1672	$496
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$71.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.6	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2482	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2176	$2390
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.1	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.95	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.44	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.57	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.9	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.76	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$77.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$50.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1469	$266
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29106	$18130

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2054
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2235
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2407
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2245
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2514
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1750
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1896
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1784
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1809
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1778
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$945
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1842
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2353
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1880
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2385
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1820
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2024
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1912
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2466
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1940
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2447
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2417
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2084
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2537
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2321
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2332

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$959
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$897
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$968
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$908
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$974
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$814
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$853
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$977
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$976
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$884
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$979
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$909
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$973
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$937
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$976
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1005
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$961
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$960
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$978
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$1025
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1001
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$960
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$971
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$985
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$970
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$992
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$978
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$985
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$972
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954