Brisbane vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2637
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$400
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$1493
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	57
😀 Quality of life	98	72
🏙️ Population	2.71M	788K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 103% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1813th and 5456th ($2065 vs $1016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 371st in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Hamamatsu ranked 427th in Japan, while ranked 9th and 3374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hamamatsu

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	Brisbane	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$39.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$496
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$71.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$2390
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$77.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$50.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$266
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$18130

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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