Hamamatsu vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$3378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2629	$7707
🏠 One person rent	$345	$2168
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$3725
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$257
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1462	$4258
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	58	99
😀 Quality of life	86	93
🏙️ Population	788K	3.9M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 71% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 5724th and 72nd ($991 vs $3378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 492nd and 52nd 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 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Hamamatsu ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 398th and 55th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Los Angeles

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	Hamamatsu	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$91
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.36	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$8.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$2352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$4129
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$139
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$214
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$65.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$7811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2728	$7110
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$4.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$7.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$3.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$12.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$5.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$144
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$32.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$70.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1715
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16739	$28004

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2879
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2850
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2917
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2847
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2749
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2976
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2993
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2810
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3159
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2775
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3086
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2769
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2820
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3695
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3020
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2912
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2835
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2850
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3020
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3768
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2796
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3328
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2698
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2880
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3157
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3057
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2894
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2842
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2789
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2770
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3051
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2847
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3193
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3019
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2702
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2688
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3588
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2815
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3262
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2974