Hamamatsu vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamamatsu	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2833	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$407	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$775	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$385	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	22
😀 Quality of life	68	58
🏙️ Population	788K	1.96M

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 0.2% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5196th and 5176th ($1045 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 365th and 12th 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 452nd best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 3129th and 5576th 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	$4.77	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.7	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.04	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.44	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$286	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$827	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.96%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4341	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2562	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.38	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.09	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.22	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$15	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.33	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.5	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.3	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$551	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15100	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677