Hamamatsu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$407	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$4536
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	57	94
😀 Quality of life	68	76
🏙️ Population	788K	467K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 62% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5196th and 379th ($1045 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 339th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 3129th and 949th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Long Beach

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	Hamamatsu	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683