Hamamatsu vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$400	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$598
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	42
😀 Quality of life	72	68
🏙️ Population	788K	1.08M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 39% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5456th and 6947th ($1016 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 4th in Japan and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Japan vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 3374th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Nur-Sultan

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	Hamamatsu	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525