Hamamatsu vs South Tarawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hamamatsu	South Tarawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1033	$491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2805	$1204
🏠 One person rent	$405	$217
🏘️ Family rent	$784	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$20.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1511	$369
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	57	1
😀 Quality of life	70	26
🏙️ Population	788K	63.4K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 110% more expensive than in South Tarawa. Cities ranked 5093rd and 8567th ($1033 vs $491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 262nd and 2nd in Japan and Kiribati, respectively. Check Japan vs Kiribati comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.8 months in South Tarawa. Hamamatsu ranked 472nd best city to live in Japan vs South Tarawa ranked 1st in Kiribati, while ranked 2884th and 8758th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs South Tarawa

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	Hamamatsu	South Tarawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.72	$3.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47.1	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.96	$4.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.17	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$208
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$439
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$281
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.9	$38.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$59.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	10.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3378	$1366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2392	$775
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$6.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.8	$6.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.16	$7.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.23	$2.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$3.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.16	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.33	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.3	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$59.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$505	$99.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15188	$3154

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$966
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$963
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$940
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$961
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$941
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$962
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$948
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$933
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$964
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$952
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$934
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$960
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$954
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$941
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$936
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$956
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$932
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1021
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$975
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$965
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$992
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$980
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1004
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$967
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$975
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$976
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$990
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$982
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$958
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$987
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$966
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$972
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$999
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$994
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$977
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$996
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$982
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$971
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$999
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$954

Cities near South Tarawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
658 km or 409 mi	Majuro	$1316
661 km or 411 mi	Djarrit	$1316
706 km or 439 mi	Yaren	$744
1302 km or 809 mi	Vaiaku	$574
1302 km or 809 mi	Funafuti	$576
1768 km or 1099 mi	Auki	$1422
1879 km or 1167 mi	Honiara	$1425
1988 km or 1235 mi	Luganville	$2943
2172 km or 1349 mi	Lautoka	$599
2190 km or 1361 mi	Nadi	$752
2190 km or 1361 mi	Port Vila	$1841
2248 km or 1397 mi	Nasinu	$824
2253 km or 1400 mi	Suva	$849
2310 km or 1435 mi	Manase	$594
2382 km or 1480 mi	Apia	$594
2712 km or 1685 mi	Dumbea	$1597
2713 km or 1686 mi	Paita	$1597
2725 km or 1693 mi	Noumea	$1648
2817 km or 1750 mi	Nukualofa	$974
2825 km or 1756 mi	Mua	$978
3022 km or 1878 mi	Lae	$522
3104 km or 1929 mi	Port Moresby	$537
3286 km or 2042 mi	London	$491
3357 km or 2086 mi	Saipan	$1421
3375 km or 2097 mi	Dededo	$2554
3383 km or 2102 mi	Hagatna	$2667
3611 km or 2244 mi	Cairns	$1397
3612 km or 2244 mi	Jayapura	$446
3658 km or 2273 mi	Gladstone	$1545
3665 km or 2277 mi	Townsville	$1249
3668 km or 2279 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
3672 km or 2282 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
3673 km or 2282 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
3762 km or 2338 mi	Kauai	$2655
3779 km or 2348 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
3788 km or 2354 mi	Caloundra	$1816
3822 km or 2375 mi	Caboolture	$1881
3851 km or 2393 mi	Waipahu	$2602
3854 km or 2395 mi	Brisbane	$2356
3855 km or 2396 mi	Pearl	$2506