Hamamatsu vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamamatsu	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1046	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2744	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$424	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$814	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1588	$2543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	57	73
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	788K	1.06M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 6% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 5314th and 4890th ($1046 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 420th and 142nd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Ranked 441st vs 6th best cities to live in Japan, and 3144th vs 91st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Sendai

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	Hamamatsu	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.92	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.5	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$414	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.7	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5018	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.9	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.5	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$288	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12706	$6369

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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 Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057