Hamamatsu vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Hamamatsu	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$995	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2601	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$574	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$387	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$4366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	58	84
😀 Quality of life	72	94
🏙️ Population	788K	633K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 51% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5611th and 1987th ($995 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 413th and 8th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hamamatsu compared to 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Hamamatsu ranked 357th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 2696th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Stuttgart

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	Hamamatsu	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.33	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.76	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.5	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$317	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$410	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.09%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5489	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3113	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.5	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.72	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.85	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.87	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$75.7	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.5	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.8	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$354	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17211	$18116

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$941
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$932
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$879
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$936
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$887
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$929
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$817
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$844
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$941
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$912
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$864
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$923
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$915
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$873
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$888
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$893
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$883
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$938
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$924
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$913
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$930
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$895
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$961
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$921
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$931
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$943
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$947
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$954
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$928
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$945
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$931
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$937
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$958
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$940
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$961
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$948
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$937
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$966
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$927

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733