Edinburgh vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2833
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$407
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$775
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	88	57
😀 Quality of life	94	68
🏙️ Population	488K	788K

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 105% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1491st and 5196th ($2140 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 365th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hamamatsu ranked 452nd in Japan, while ranked 34th and 3129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Hamamatsu

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	Edinburgh	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$4.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	0.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$4341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$26.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$7.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$4.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$551
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$15100

Cost of living in other countries

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981