Hamamatsu vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$2732
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2629	$6311
🏠 One person rent	$345	$1782
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$3096
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$654
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1462	$4305
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	58	94
😀 Quality of life	86	78
🏙️ Population	788K	467K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 64% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5724th and 524th ($991 vs $2732) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 492nd and 453rd 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 13th best city to live in Japan vs Long Beach ranked 282nd in the United States, while ranked 398th and 992nd 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	$4.61	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$72.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.36	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$5.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$1919
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1544
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$3153
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$2806
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$7165
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2728	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$73.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$29.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$3.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$5.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$7.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$95.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$52.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16739	$22757

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$926
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$928
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$887
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$940
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$904
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$945
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$840
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$868
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$955
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$885
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$947
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$943
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$901
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$929
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$917
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$924
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$977
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$950
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$953
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$962
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$961
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$990
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$949
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$956
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$967
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$979
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$983
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$952
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$978
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$960
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$962
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$996
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$971
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$997
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$972
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$957
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$941

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2974
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2750
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3078
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2880
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2702
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2770
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3118
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2829
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3718
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2695
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3051
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2835
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2688
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2892
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3744
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2820
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3193
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2698
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3227
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2827
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2930
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2810
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2803
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3199
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2847
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2850
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3020
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2815
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3055
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2769
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3059