Brookhaven vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brookhaven	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2863	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5521	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1851	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1913	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4325	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	65	72
😀 Quality of life	69	90
🏙️ Population	486K	1.06M

The cost of living in Brookhaven is 171% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 271st and 5132nd ($2863 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 238th and 324th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Brookhaven compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Brookhaven ranked 885th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 2684th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brookhaven vs Sendai

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	Brookhaven	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.9	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.54	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.2	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2335	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1529	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$858	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.5	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.67%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5521	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4121	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.27	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.4	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.23	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.17	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.79	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$23.8	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.92	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.8	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2514	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22670	$5986

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Cities near Brookhaven

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Medford	$2730
24 km or 15 mi	Islip	$2477
27 km or 17 mi	Smithtown	$2338
27 km or 17 mi	Riverhead	$2677
36 km or 22 mi	Babylon	$2123
36 km or 22 mi	East Northport	$3639
40 km or 25 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
44 km or 27 mi	Huntington	$2974
45 km or 28 mi	Southampton	$2669
48 km or 30 mi	Massapequa	$2586
50 km or 31 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
51 km or 31 mi	Levittown	$2556
51 km or 31 mi	Stratford	$2528
51 km or 32 mi	Bridgeport	$2234
51 km or 32 mi	Milford	$2546
52 km or 32 mi	Southold	$2645
53 km or 33 mi	Fairfield	$3455
55 km or 34 mi	Westport	$3558
55 km or 34 mi	Norwalk	$2875
55 km or 34 mi	West Haven	$2316
55 km or 34 mi	Merrick	$2593
56 km or 35 mi	Branford	$2365
57 km or 35 mi	Trumbull	$2654
57 km or 35 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
57 km or 36 mi	Darien	$2885
58 km or 36 mi	Uniondale	$2610
58 km or 36 mi	East Haven	$2284
58 km or 36 mi	Freeport	$2588
59 km or 37 mi	New Haven	$2236
59 km or 37 mi	Guilford	$2433
60 km or 37 mi	Hempstead	$2664
61 km or 38 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
61 km or 38 mi	Shelton	$2599
62 km or 39 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
64 km or 39 mi	New Canaan	$2987
64 km or 40 mi	Stamford	$3284
66 km or 41 mi	Greenwich	$3494
67 km or 42 mi	Long Beach	$2732
67 km or 42 mi	North Haven	$2330
68 km or 42 mi	Valley Stream	$2730

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