Birmingham vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	95	72
😀 Quality of life	95	90
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.06M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 100% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1622nd and 5094th ($2137 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 139th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 48th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Sendai

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	Birmingham	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$5899

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

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