Brisbane vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Brisbane	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2323	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5585	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1439	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$2525	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4313	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	66	73
😀 Quality of life	97	74
🏙️ Population	2.71M	1.06M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 131% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1241st and 5531st ($2323 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 360th 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 1.1 months in Sendai. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 3rd and 2040th 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	$15.8	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.2	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.69	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1733	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1173	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3028	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2142	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.91%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8341	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5970	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.18	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.98	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.3	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.62	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.5	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.8	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2164	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13265	$4242

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1825
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1992
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1863
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1273
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1643
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1995
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1855
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2354
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2040
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1709
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2481
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1701
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1460
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1795
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2258
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1825
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$2015
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1905
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1915
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014