Calgary vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$1033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$2805
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$405
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$784
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	57
😀 Quality of life	92	70
🏙️ Population	1.31M	788K

The cost of living in Calgary is 105% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1526th and 5093rd ($2113 vs $1033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd and 262nd in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Hamamatsu ranked 472nd in Japan, while ranked 66th and 2884th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Hamamatsu

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	Calgary	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$72.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$3378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$2392
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$15188

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

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