Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$995	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2601	$2616
🏠 One person rent	$357	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$574	$856
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$290
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$1897
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	58	100
😀 Quality of life	72	78
🏙️ Population	788K	594K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 5% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 5611th and 5226th ($995 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 413th and 175th in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.8 months in Kawaguchi. Ranked 357th vs 48th best cities to live in Japan, and 2696th vs 909th among the best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/hamamatsu/kawaguchi.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/hamamatsu/kawaguchi" target="_blank">Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi

Prices for goods and services in Hamamatsu and Kawaguchi are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Hamamatsu	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.33	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.76	$3.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$2.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$522
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$932
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$589
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$167
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$31.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.09%	1.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5489	$6211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3113	$3627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$2.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.5	$71.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28	$26.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.87	$4.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$9.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.7	$56.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.5	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.8	$44.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.9	$54
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$354	$410
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17211	$15187

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$941
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$932
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$879
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$936
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$887
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$817
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$844
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$941
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$912
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$864
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$923
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$915
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$873
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$888
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$893
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$883
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$938
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$924
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$913
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$930
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$895
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$961
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$921
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$931
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$943
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$947
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$954
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$928
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$945
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$931
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$937
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$958
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$940
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$961
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$948
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$937
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$966
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$927

Cities near Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$985
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1075
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1055
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1037
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1107
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1073
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1051
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1004
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1679
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1038
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1053
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1068
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1074
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1051
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1084
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1009
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1064
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1131
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1033
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1064
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1065
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1123
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1006
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1144
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1005
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1096
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1028
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1087
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1085
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1035
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1101