Hamamatsu vs Honiara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Honiara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$2862
🏠 One person rent	$407	$843
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1293
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$32.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	6
😀 Quality of life	68	32
🏙️ Population	788K	84.5K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 26% less expensive than in Honiara. Cities ranked 5196th and 3836th ($1045 vs $1411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 1st in Japan and the Solomon Islands, respectively. Check Japan vs the Solomon Islands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.4 months in Honiara. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Honiara ranked 1st in the Solomon Islands, while ranked 3129th and 7824th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Honiara

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	Hamamatsu	Honiara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$7.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$3.17
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$585
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$561
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$1228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$852
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$249
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	15.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$1471
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$899
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$26
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$9.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$6.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$6.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$4.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$89.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$2.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$28.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$24
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$94
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$2702

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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

Cities near Honiara

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 69 mi	Auki	$1401
1036 km or 644 mi	Luganville	$1946
1253 km or 779 mi	Yaren	$669
1291 km or 802 mi	Port Vila	$1938
1404 km or 872 mi	Port Moresby	$547
1459 km or 906 mi	Lae	$531
1569 km or 975 mi	Paita	$1604
1575 km or 979 mi	Dumbea	$1604
1587 km or 986 mi	Noumea	$1652
1745 km or 1084 mi	Cairns	$1335
1786 km or 1110 mi	Townsville	$1667
1847 km or 1148 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
1849 km or 1149 mi	Gladstone	$1478
1879 km or 1167 mi	South Tarawa	$514
1894 km or 1177 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
1915 km or 1190 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
2047 km or 1272 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
2060 km or 1280 mi	Caloundra	$1683
2093 km or 1301 mi	Caboolture	$1748
2098 km or 1304 mi	Lautoka	$660
2102 km or 1306 mi	Nadi	$977
2116 km or 1315 mi	Vaiaku	$661
2118 km or 1316 mi	Funafuti	$659
2133 km or 1325 mi	Brisbane	$2016
2158 km or 1341 mi	Ipswich	$1677
2172 km or 1350 mi	Southport	$2067
2177 km or 1353 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
2182 km or 1356 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
2216 km or 1377 mi	Suva	$808
2219 km or 1379 mi	Nasinu	$810
2222 km or 1381 mi	Majuro	$1488
2234 km or 1388 mi	Djarrit	$1494
2236 km or 1389 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
2260 km or 1404 mi	Jayapura	$420
2426 km or 1508 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
2495 km or 1550 mi	Armidale	$1185
2552 km or 1586 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2743 km or 1705 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2794 km or 1736 mi	Dubbo	$1702
2846 km or 1768 mi	Dee Why	$2099