Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamamatsu	Kawaguchi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$1052
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2805	$2769
🏠 One person rent	$405	$500
🏘️ Family rent	$784	$981
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$2205
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	70	80
🏙️ Population	788K	593K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 2% less expensive than in Kawaguchi. Cities ranked 5093rd and 4965th ($1033 vs $1052) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 262nd and 183rd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 2.1 months in Kawaguchi. Ranked 472nd vs 19th best cities to live in Japan, and 2884th vs 446th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Kawaguchi

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	Hamamatsu	Kawaguchi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.72	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.96	$3.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$3.15
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$708
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.9	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$32.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	1.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3378	$5296
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2392	$3256
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$51.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$25.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$3.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$2.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$5.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$5.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$46
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$39.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$57.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15188	$13821

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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 Kawaguchi

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Toda	$988
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Warabi	$973
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Soka	$1071
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Saitama	$1063
11 km or 6.5 mi	Yashio	$1045
11 km or 6.9 mi	Koshigaya	$1133
11 km or 6.9 mi	Wako	$1052
12 km or 7.4 mi	Asaka	$1041
13 km or 8.3 mi	Shiki	$1009
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tokyo	$1556
14 km or 8.5 mi	Misato	$1049
14 km or 8.7 mi	Yoshikawa	$1060
14 km or 9 mi	Niiza	$1053
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hirai	$1051
15 km or 9.6 mi	Matsubushi	$1057
16 km or 10 mi	Matsudo	$1143
17 km or 10 mi	Fujimi	$1031
17 km or 11 mi	Nagareyama	$1068
17 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1105
18 km or 11 mi	Miyoshi	$1036
18 km or 11 mi	Kiyose	$1052
18 km or 11 mi	Higashikurume	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Kasukabe	$1058
19 km or 12 mi	Nishitokyo	$1101
20 km or 12 mi	Fujimino	$1063
20 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1117
21 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$985
21 km or 13 mi	Noda	$1039
21 km or 13 mi	Hasuda	$1035
22 km or 14 mi	Ageo	$1069
23 km or 14 mi	Kashiwa	$1136
23 km or 14 mi	Tokorozawa	$1102
23 km or 14 mi	Ina	$1043
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1099
23 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1067
23 km or 15 mi	Urayasu	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Higashimurayama	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Shiraoka	$1037
24 km or 15 mi	Miyashiro	$1036
24 km or 15 mi	Kodaira	$1078