Hamamatsu vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$400	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	57	7
😀 Quality of life	72	66
🏙️ Population	788K	133K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 23% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 5456th and 4439th ($1016 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 2nd in Japan and Maldives, respectively. Check Japan vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.7 months in Male. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 3374th and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Male

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	Hamamatsu	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$3575

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327