Hamamatsu vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$2222
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$5199
🏠 One person rent	$400	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2330
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$621
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$3953
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	57	56
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	788K	950K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 54% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 5456th and 1415th ($1016 vs $2222) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 1218th 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 1.8 months in Jacksonville. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Jacksonville ranked 88th in the United States, while ranked 3374th and 278th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Hamamatsu	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$90
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$6.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$3.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1437
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1090
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$2539
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$1973
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$61.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3110
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$2396
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$65.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$3.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$8.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$3.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$109
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$1315
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$11123

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$959
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$897
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$968
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$908
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$974
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$814
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$853
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$977
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$976
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$884
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$979
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$909
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$973
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$937
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$976
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1005
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$961
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$960
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$978
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$1025
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1001
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$960
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$971
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$985
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$970
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$992
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$978
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$985
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$972
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2192
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2104
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2107
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2161
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2335
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2099
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2190
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1919
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2160
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2282
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2247
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2358
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2294
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2335
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1482
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2152
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2255
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2304
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2336
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2351
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2320
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2378
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2357
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2317
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2433
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2473
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2220
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2057
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2290
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2664
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2579
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1806