Hamamatsu vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hamamatsu	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1046	$2235
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2744	$4982
🏠 One person rent	$424	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$814	$2429
🍽️ Food expenses	$366	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$118
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1588	$2869
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	57	17
😀 Quality of life	68	84
🏙️ Population	788K	216K

The cost of living in Hamamatsu is 53% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 5314th and 1293rd ($1046 vs $2235) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 420th and 1st in Japan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Japan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hamamatsu compared to 1.3 months in Wellington. Hamamatsu ranked 441st best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 3144th and 353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamamatsu vs Wellington

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	Hamamatsu	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.92	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.5	$73.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.22	$9.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$7.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.7	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$414	$1379
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$1212
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$2525
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$2135
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	0.94%	7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5018	$8089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2903	$7074
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.1	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$7.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.5	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$4.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.41	$25.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$5.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.37	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$82.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.6	$81
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.5	$125
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$288	$822
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12706	$13500

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Cities near Hamamatsu

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.7 mi	Iwata	$996
18 km or 11 mi	Fukuroi	$993
18 km or 11 mi	Kosai	$971
25 km or 15 mi	Kakegawa	$1001
29 km or 18 mi	Shinshiro	$981
32 km or 20 mi	Kikugawa	$999
32 km or 20 mi	Toyohashi	$946
35 km or 22 mi	Toyokawa	$959
37 km or 23 mi	Omaezaki	$1008
43 km or 26 mi	Shimada	$989
43 km or 27 mi	Tahara	$972
45 km or 28 mi	Makinohara	$995
48 km or 30 mi	Yoshida	$993
48 km or 30 mi	Gamagori	$995
51 km or 32 mi	Fujieda	$970
54 km or 34 mi	Kota	$1019
56 km or 35 mi	Yaizu	$964
58 km or 36 mi	Okazaki	$1091
63 km or 39 mi	Nishio	$1036
64 km or 40 mi	Chiryu	$1033
66 km or 41 mi	Anjo	$1054
66 km or 41 mi	Shizuoka	$991
67 km or 41 mi	Toyota	$1069
69 km or 43 mi	Hekinan	$1029
72 km or 44 mi	Takahama	$1034
73 km or 45 mi	Miyoshi	$1029
73 km or 45 mi	Kariya	$1046
75 km or 47 mi	Togo	$1036
76 km or 47 mi	Mihama	$1023
76 km or 47 mi	Higashiura	$1042
76 km or 47 mi	Taketoyo	$1027
76 km or 47 mi	Handa	$1031
76 km or 48 mi	Toyoake	$1048
77 km or 48 mi	Obu	$1049
78 km or 49 mi	Agui	$1033
79 km or 49 mi	Nisshin	$1050
81 km or 50 mi	Nagakute	$1034
81 km or 50 mi	Seto	$1023
83 km or 52 mi	Tokai	$1052
84 km or 52 mi	Mizunami	$1007

Cities near Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1844
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1406
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1334
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1640
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1573
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1205
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1403
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1981
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1569
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1274
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1671
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1654
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1791
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1879
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1939
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1848
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$2205
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1916
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1463
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1531
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1928
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1359
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1532
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2286
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2801
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1833
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2472
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1755
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1997
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1732
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2265
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1700