Hamamatsu vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$407	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$893
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	54
😀 Quality of life	68	66
🏙️ Population	788K	8.78M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 62% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5196th and 7256th ($1045 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 118th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 3129th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Quanzhou

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	Hamamatsu	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$981
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$971
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$919
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$976
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$975
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$860
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$983
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$961
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$908
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$969
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$966
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$925
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$940
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$948
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$931
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1010
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$984
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$998
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$932
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$985
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$990
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1016
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1008
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1015
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$977
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1003
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$991
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1020
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1013
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$995
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1010
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$985
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1016
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$981

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936