Hamamatsu vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$407	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	68	93
🏙️ Population	788K	1.8M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 44% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 5196th and 2225th ($1045 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 51st in Japan and Canada, respectively. Check Japan vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 3129th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Montreal

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	Hamamatsu	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$5725

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692