Hamamatsu vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$407	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$1303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	57	61
😀 Quality of life	68	79
🏙️ Population	788K	605K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 6% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 5196th and 4764th ($1045 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 2nd in Japan and Latvia, respectively. Check Japan vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 3129th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Riga

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	Hamamatsu	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220