Hamamatsu vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$400	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$4436
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	57	78
😀 Quality of life	72	90
🏙️ Population	788K	689K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 60% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5456th and 832nd ($1016 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 741st 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 1.8 months in Nashville. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 3374th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Nashville

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	Hamamatsu	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$30339

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508