Adelaide vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	72
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.06M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 88% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1894th and 5132nd ($1978 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 324th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 46th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Sendai

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	Adelaide	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$5986

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034