Guangzhou vs Hamamatsu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guangzhou	Hamamatsu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$763	$1046
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2294	$2744
🏠 One person rent	$333	$424
🏘️ Family rent	$850	$814
🍽️ Food expenses	$279	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$76.2	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1294	$1588
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	97	57
😀 Quality of life	75	68
🏙️ Population	18.7M	788K

The cost of living in Guangzhou is 27% less expensive than in Hamamatsu. Cities ranked 6602nd and 5314th ($763 vs $1046) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 49th and 420th in China and Japan, respectively. Check China vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Guangzhou compared to 1.5 months in Hamamatsu. Guangzhou ranked 6th best city to live in China vs Hamamatsu ranked 441st in Japan, while ranked 1036th and 3144th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guangzhou vs Hamamatsu

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	Guangzhou	Hamamatsu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.58	$4.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.8	$35.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.95	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.86	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.43	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$457	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$297
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1125	$868
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.8	$76.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13	$27.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.41%	0.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10222	$5018
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4345	$2903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.8	$56.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.63	$25.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.94	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$7.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$5.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.1	$6.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.15	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.36	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$3.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.4	$82.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.06	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.2	$44.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.9	$53.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$288
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15919	$12706

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Cities near Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$602
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$678
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$830
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$808
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$491
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$641
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$824
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$958
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1590
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$629
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$839
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2427
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$801
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$852
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$895
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$819
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$783
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$1014
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$780
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$774
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$774
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$746
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$726
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$795
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$691
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$794
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$813
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$592
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$605
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$725
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$538
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$618
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$607
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$623
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$611
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$713
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$671

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$996
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$993
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$971
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$946
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$959
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$989
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$972
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$995
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$993
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$995
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$970
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$1019
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$964
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1091
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$1036
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$1033
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$1054
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$991
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1069
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$1029
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$1034
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1029
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1046
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$1023
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1042
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$1027
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$1031
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1048
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1049
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$1033
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1050
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$1034
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$1023
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1052
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$1007