Copenhagen vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Copenhagen	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2387	$1033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5438	$2805
🏠 One person rent	$1384	$405
🏘️ Family rent	$2466	$784
🍽️ Food expenses	$626	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3915	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	57
😀 Quality of life	96	70
🏙️ Population	644K	788K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 131% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 872nd and 5093rd ($2387 vs $1033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 262nd in Denmark and Japan, respectively. Check Denmark vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Hamamatsu ranked 472nd in Japan, while ranked 9th and 2884th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Hamamatsu

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	Copenhagen	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$94.7	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.1	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$6.2	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.03	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1122	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2867	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2046	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$72.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.14%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8131	$3378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5911	$2392
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.8	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$32.1	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.08	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.28	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.02	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.22	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.8	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.2	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$118	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$539	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8976	$15188

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2008
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2011
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1887
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1276
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1566
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1766
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1999
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1480
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1652
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1439
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1375
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1638
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1181
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1318
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1972
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1569
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1880
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1392
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1282
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1541
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1584
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1403
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1581
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1380
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1438
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1657
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1382
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1398
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1426
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1506
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1159
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1599
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1338
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1380
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1519
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1329

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