Charlotte vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Charlotte	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2710	$1033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6320	$2805
🏠 One person rent	$1650	$405
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$784
🍽️ Food expenses	$623	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$235	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4830	$1511
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	68	57
😀 Quality of life	88	70
🏙️ Population	875K	788K

The cost of living in Charlotte is 162% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 361st and 5093rd ($2710 vs $1033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 319th and 262nd in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Charlotte ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Hamamatsu ranked 472nd in Japan, while ranked 191st and 2884th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Hamamatsu

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	Charlotte	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.1	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1631	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1436	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3604	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2287	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$72.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$167	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.8	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4417	$3378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2771	$2392
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.27	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$108	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$35.9	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.8	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.33	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.98	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.13	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.28	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.78	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.9	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$182	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1380	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$26419	$15188

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2350
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2348
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2223
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2287
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2191
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1935
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2163
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2194
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2218
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2073
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2153
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2112
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2094
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1573
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1902
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1932
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2056
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2139
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$2175
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2084
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2044
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$2052
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2082
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2190
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$1855
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1917
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2181
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1991
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2184
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1949
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1888
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2236
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2084
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2664
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2119
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2082
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2162
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2105
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$2119

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