Hamamatsu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamamatsu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1046	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2744	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$424	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$814	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1588	$1661
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	95
😀 Quality of life	68	87
🏙️ Population	788K	4.04M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 1% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5314th and 5212th ($1046 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 420th 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 1.6 months in New Taipei. Hamamatsu ranked 441st best city to live in Japan vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 3144th and 279th 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	$4.92	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$414	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.7	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5018	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.9	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$288	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12706	$13786

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$996
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$993
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$971
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$946
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$959
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$989
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$972
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$995
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$993
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$995
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$970
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$1019
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$964
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1091
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$1036
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$1033
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$1054
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$991
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1069
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$1029
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$1034
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1029
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1046
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$1023
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1042
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$1027
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$1031
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1048
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1049
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$1033
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1050
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$1034
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$1023
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1052
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$1007

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605