Hamamatsu vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2629	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$345	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1462	$4507
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	58	90
😀 Quality of life	86	94
🏙️ Population	788K	1.51M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 60% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5724th and 889th ($991 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 492nd and 1st in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Hamamatsu ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 398th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Munich

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	Hamamatsu	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.36	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2728	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16739	$16629

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748