Antwerp vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$832	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	529K	1.06M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 56% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2896th and 5132nd ($1640 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 324th in Belgium and Japan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 203rd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Sendai

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	Antwerp	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$5986

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

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