Hamamatsu vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$407	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	57	24
😀 Quality of life	68	39
🏙️ Population	788K	6.56M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 77% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 5196th and 7740th ($1045 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Hamamatsu ranked 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 3129th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Shaoyang

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	Hamamatsu	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.77	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600