Bucharest vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bucharest	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$1016
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2864	$2637
🏠 One person rent	$525	$400
🏘️ Family rent	$907	$678
🍽️ Food expenses	$389	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$80	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1391	$1493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	77	57
😀 Quality of life	81	72
🏙️ Population	1.72M	788K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 10% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 4913th and 5456th ($1116 vs $1016) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 371st in Romania and Japan, respectively. Check Romania vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Bucharest compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Hamamatsu ranked 427th in Japan, while ranked 646th and 3374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Hamamatsu

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	Bucharest	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$4.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.8	$39.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.27	$3.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.41	$1.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.45	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.33	$0.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$722
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$496
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.4	$71.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.28%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3651	$4188
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2102	$2390
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.3	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.02	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.68	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.49
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.34	$6.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.39	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.47	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.8	$77.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.84	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.8	$33.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.4	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.7	$50.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$664	$266
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14350	$18130

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Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$970
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$910
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$885
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$777
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$802
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$692
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$857
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$775
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$762
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$873
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$675
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$681
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$1056
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$752
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$835
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$667
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$789
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$898
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$871
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$909
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$643
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$895
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$591
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$1039
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$1024
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1103
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$805
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$703
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$854
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$926
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$797
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$706
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$848
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$766
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$724
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$668
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$749

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