Birmingham vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$2637
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$400
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$1493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	57
😀 Quality of life	95	72
🏙️ Population	1.14M	788K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 110% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1622nd and 5456th ($2137 vs $1016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 371st in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hamamatsu ranked 427th in Japan, while ranked 48th and 3374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Hamamatsu

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	Birmingham	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$39.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$3.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$496
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$71.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$2390
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$77.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$50.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$266
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$18130

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

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