Hamamatsu vs San Diego - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamamatsu	San Diego
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1046	$3346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2744	$7719
🏠 One person rent	$424	$2248
🏘️ Family rent	$814	$4052
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$722
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1588	$5772
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	57	87
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	788K	1.39M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 69% less expensive than in San Diego. Cities ranked 5314th and 45th ($1046 vs $3346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 420th and 36th 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 San Diego. Hamamatsu ranked 441st best city to live in Japan vs San Diego ranked 12th in the United States, while ranked 3144th and 75th 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	$4.92	$20.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.5	$85.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$8.25
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$5.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$414	$2399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$1894
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$4351
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$3534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$286
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.7	$69.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5018	$9294
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$7063
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$3.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$4.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$14.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$4.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$3.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$18.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$11.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$10.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$5.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.9	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$28
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$56.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.5	$99.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$288	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12706	$21468

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$996
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$993
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$971
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$946
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$959
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$989
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$972
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$995
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$993
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$995
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$970
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$1019
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$964
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1091
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$1036
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$1033
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$1054
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$991
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1069
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$1029
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$1034
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1029
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1046
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$1023
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1042
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$1027
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$1031
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1048
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1049
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$1033
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1050
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$1034
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$1023
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1052
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$1007

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$2973
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$2877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2775
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2821
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2936
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1050
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2799
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2765
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$2853
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$922
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$2795
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2718
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2783
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$2926
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2579
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2886
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3006
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2828
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2650
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2717
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2587
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$912
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2789
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2595
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2647