Gold Coast vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Gold Coast	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2152	$1033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4849	$2805
🏠 One person rent	$1358	$405
🏘️ Family rent	$2188	$784
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3845	$1511
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	57
😀 Quality of life	90	70
🏙️ Population	638K	788K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 108% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 1408th and 5093rd ($2152 vs $1033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 262nd in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Hamamatsu ranked 472nd in Japan, while ranked 120th and 2884th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Hamamatsu

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	Gold Coast	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$4.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$3.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.77	$2.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.63	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1302	$393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2323	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1888	$591
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$72.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.9	$26.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11003	$3378
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8562	$2392
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.22	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.9	$53.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.3	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.65	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$6.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.23	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$3.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.4	$79.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.5	$51.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1760	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11702	$15188

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2356
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1785
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1881
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1816
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1354
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1545
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1461
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1404
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$1998
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1903
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1691
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2741
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2348
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1610
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1463
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1430
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1723
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2604
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1669
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1249
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1462
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1716
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1693

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