Hamamatsu vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$400	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$3987
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	57	60
😀 Quality of life	72	89
🏙️ Population	788K	246K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 45% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5456th and 2519th ($1016 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 1889th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 3374th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Louisville

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	Hamamatsu	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$15931

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$959
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$897
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$968
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$908
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$974
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$814
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$853
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$977
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$976
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$884
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$979
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$909
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$973
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$937
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$976
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1005
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$961
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$960
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$978
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$1025
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1001
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$960
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$971
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$985
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$970
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$992
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$978
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$985
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$972
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017