Hamamatsu vs Hempstead - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamamatsu	Hempstead
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$2627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2805	$6095
🏠 One person rent	$405	$1668
🏘️ Family rent	$784	$2891
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$5265
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	57	97
😀 Quality of life	70	80
🏙️ Population	788K	793K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 61% less expensive than in Hempstead. Cities ranked 5093rd and 483rd ($1033 vs $2627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 262nd and 435th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 2 months in Hempstead. Hamamatsu ranked 472nd best city to live in Japan vs Hempstead ranked 105th in the United States, while ranked 2884th and 448th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Hempstead

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	Hamamatsu	Hempstead
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.72	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$74.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.96	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$4.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$1601
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$1467
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$2919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$2590
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.9	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$62.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3378	$9582
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2392	$7078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$5.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$3.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$5.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$2.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$109
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$86.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$1408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15188	$27752

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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

Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2465
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2521
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2480
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2538
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2482
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2608
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2434
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2466
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2466
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2612
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2670
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2190
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2474
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2151
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3028
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2529
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4044
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2784
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$2360
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2800
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3047
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2722
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2613
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2612
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2739
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2734
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$2821
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2691
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2743
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2303
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3455
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3002
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2321
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2638
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2858
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2638
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2737
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2756
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2653
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3241