Hamamatsu vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1016	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2637	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$400	$568
🏘️ Family rent	$678	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$372	$397
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1493	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	22
😀 Quality of life	72	63
🏙️ Population	788K	1.96M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 16% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5456th and 4681st ($1016 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 371st and 9th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Hamamatsu ranked 427th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 3374th and 5591st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Tijuana

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	Hamamatsu	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.74	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.4	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.94	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.94	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$467
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$722	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$496	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.7	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.6	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.95%	12.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$3040
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$2330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.99	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.1	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.78	$8.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$4.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15.1	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.29	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.15	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.5	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$5.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.2	$44.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.8	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$266	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18130	$4593

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642