Hamamatsu vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$400	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$3017
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	57	78
😀 Quality of life	72	87
🏙️ Population	788K	936K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 58% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 5456th and 950th ($1016 vs $2447) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 3rd in Japan and Israel, respectively. Check Japan vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 3374th and 351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Jerusalem

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	Hamamatsu	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$23696

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850