Hamamatsu vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$3428
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$7974
🏠 One person rent	$407	$2311
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$4175
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$743
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$5531
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	57	87
😀 Quality of life	68	91
🏙️ Population	788K	1.39M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 70% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5196th and 36th ($1045 vs $3428) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 32nd 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 1.6 months in San Diego. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs San Diego ranked 13th in the United States, while ranked 3129th and 95th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs San Diego

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	Hamamatsu	San Diego
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$22.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$83.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$8.3
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$6.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$2.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$2424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$1978
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$4583
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$3654
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$269
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$9086
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$7072
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$72.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$3.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$2.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$1.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$3.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$13.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$5.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$75
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$130
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$31.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$59.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$1785
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$28706

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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 San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3065
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2962
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2916
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2964
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$3043
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1047
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2898
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2930
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3124
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$912
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3279
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2917
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2834
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3199
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2637
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2945
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3109
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2936
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2732
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2763
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2578
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$880
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2764
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2682
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2759