Birmingham vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Birmingham	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2004	$1033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4769	$2805
🏠 One person rent	$1189	$405
🏘️ Family rent	$1948	$784
🍽️ Food expenses	$479	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$177	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3056	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	57
😀 Quality of life	93	70
🏙️ Population	1.14M	788K

The cost of living in Birmingham is 94% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1780th and 5093rd ($2004 vs $1033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 54th and 262nd 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Birmingham ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hamamatsu ranked 472nd in Japan, while ranked 58th and 2884th 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	$19	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.6	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.18	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.64	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.93	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1103	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2219	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1470	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$72.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$293	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.5	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4896	$3378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3766	$2392
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.1	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.6	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.13	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.79	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.67	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.42	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.7	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.5	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1501	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18689	$15188

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1809
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1765
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1751
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1817
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1680
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1733
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1723
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1716
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1664
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1687
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1713
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1586
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1683
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1727
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2320
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1497
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1711
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$1969
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1831
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1688
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1603
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1751
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1472
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1588
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1797
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1654
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1761
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1737
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1674
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1784
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1785
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1675
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1653
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1815
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1966
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1673

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$966
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$963
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$940
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$961
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$941
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$962
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$948
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$933
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$964
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$952
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$934
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$960
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$954
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$941
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$936
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$956
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$932
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1021
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$975
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$965
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$992
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$980
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1004
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$967
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$976
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$990
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$987
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$972
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$999
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$994
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$977
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$996
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$982
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$971
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$999
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954