Amsterdam vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Amsterdam	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3118	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7329	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$2031	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$3485	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$654	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$260	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4702	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	95	72
😀 Quality of life	96	90
🏙️ Population	921K	1.06M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 192% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 143rd and 5094th ($3118 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 139th in the Netherlands and Japan, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 31st and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Sendai

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	Amsterdam	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.3	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$103	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.2	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.76	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2130	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1705	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3833	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2970	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.81%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10418	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7591	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.92	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.31	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.23	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.2	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.84	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.2	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2892	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19920	$5899

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$2178
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2589
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$2230
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2568
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$2256
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$2235
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2718
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2222
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2414
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1514
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$2111
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2581
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$2228
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$2011
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2615
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1860
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$2082
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2318
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$2070
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$2154
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$2187
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1986
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1992
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$2058
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$2107
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$2164
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$2100
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$2087
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$2238

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013