Brisbane vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	98	90
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.06M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 93% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1813th and 5094th ($2065 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 139th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 9th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Sendai

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	Brisbane	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$5899

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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