Hamamatsu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamamatsu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2805	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$405	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$784	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$1496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	95
😀 Quality of life	70	88
🏙️ Population	788K	4.36M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 2% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5093rd and 5229th ($1033 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 262nd and 2nd in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Hamamatsu ranked 472nd best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 2884th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs New Taipei

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	Hamamatsu	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.72	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.96	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.9	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3378	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2392	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15188	$11035

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$966
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$963
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$940
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$961
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$941
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$962
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$948
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$933
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$964
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$952
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$934
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$960
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$954
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$941
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$936
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$956
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$932
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1021
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$975
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$965
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$992
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$980
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1004
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$967
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$976
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$990
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$987
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$972
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$999
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$994
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$977
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$996
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$982
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$971
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$999
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589