Gold Coast vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$2629
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$345
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$387
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$1462
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	58
😀 Quality of life	92	86
🏙️ Population	608K	788K

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 155% more expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 839th and 5724th ($2528 vs $991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 492nd in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Hamamatsu ranked 13th in Japan, while ranked 124th and 398th 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	$19.7	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$42.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$3.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$338
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$441
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$62.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$95.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	0.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$4795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$2728
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$52.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$4.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$3.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$89.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$16739

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$926
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$928
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$887
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$940
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$904
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$945
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$840
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$868
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$955
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$885
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$947
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$943
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$901
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$929
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$917
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$924
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$977
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$950
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$953
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$962
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$961
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$990
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$949
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$956
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$967
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$979
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$983
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$952
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$978
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$960
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$962
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$996
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$971
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$997
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$972
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$957
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$941