Birmingham vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.06M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 85% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1973rd and 5132nd ($1951 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 324th 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 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 35th and 156th 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	$16.7	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$5986

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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