Hamamatsu vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamamatsu	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2805	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$405	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$784	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$4464
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	57	61
😀 Quality of life	70	89
🏙️ Population	788K	633K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 46% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5093rd and 1984th ($1033 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 262nd and 1684th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Hamamatsu ranked 472nd best city to live in Japan vs Louisville ranked 33rd in the United States, while ranked 2884th and 164th 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	$4.72	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.96	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.9	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3378	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2392	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15188	$13578

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988