Hamamatsu vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$2477
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2629	$5858
🏠 One person rent	$345	$1560
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$2701
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$618
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1462	$4433
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	58	78
😀 Quality of life	86	89
🏙️ Population	788K	689K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 60% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5724th and 924th ($991 vs $2477) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 492nd and 798th 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 13th best city to live in Japan vs Nashville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 398th and 281st 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	$4.61	$15.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.36	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$7.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$6.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$1694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$3027
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$2283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$198
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$71.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$4118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2728	$2822
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$62.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$9.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$24.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$55.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$1416
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16739	$30241

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581