Hamamatsu vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$400	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	100
😀 Quality of life	72	77
🏙️ Population	788K	24.9M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 10% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5456th and 4879th ($1016 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 3374th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Shanghai

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	Hamamatsu	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$27624

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$959
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$962
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$897
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$968
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$908
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$974
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$814
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$853
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$977
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$976
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$884
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$976
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$979
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$909
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$973
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$937
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$976
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1005
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$961
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$960
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$978
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$1025
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1001
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$960
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$971
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$985
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$970
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$992
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$978
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$998
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$985
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$972
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$998
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753