Hamamatsu vs Philadelphia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Philadelphia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$991	$2597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2629	$5854
🏠 One person rent	$345	$1514
🏘️ Family rent	$592	$2239
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$740
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1462	$4328
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	58	100
😀 Quality of life	86	92
🏙️ Population	788K	1.6M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 62% less expensive than in Philadelphia. Cities ranked 5724th and 742nd ($991 vs $2597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 492nd and 648th 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 1.7 months in Philadelphia. Hamamatsu ranked 13th best city to live in Japan vs Philadelphia ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 398th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Philadelphia

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	Hamamatsu	Philadelphia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.9	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.36	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.25	$6.02
☕ Cappuccino	$3.33	$5.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$338	$1612
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1201
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$607	$2399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$1810
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$158
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95.7	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.7	$72.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$3762
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2728	$1992
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.7	$95.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$15.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$4.2
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$8.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$6.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$4.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.07	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.67	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.28	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.2	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.11	$3.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.27	$2.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.2	$60.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$49
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.6	$93.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$2195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16739	$17603

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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 Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2612
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2604
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2699
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2636
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2412
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2632
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2572
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2626
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2493
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2549
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2609
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2600
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2612
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2350
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2639
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2639
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2793
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2445
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2392
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2520
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2315
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2668
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2603
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2207
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2648
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3077
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2609
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2740
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2802
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2835
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2753
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2835
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2301
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2933
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2171
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2684
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2801