Brussels vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brussels	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2028	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4874	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1133	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1958	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.4	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3458	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	91	90
🏙️ Population	196K	1.06M

The cost of living in Brussels is 90% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1913th and 5094th ($2028 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 139th in Belgium and Japan, respectively. Check Belgium vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brussels compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 165th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Sendai

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	Brussels	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.6	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$77.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.38	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.18	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$879	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1983	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1587	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$235	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.3	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.23%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4704	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3801	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.66	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.86	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.76	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.57	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.21	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.2	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.32	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1055	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22658	$5899

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1931
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1845
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1816
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$2025
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1835
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1791
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1863
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1787
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1801
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1806
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1745
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1823
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1768
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1846
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1867
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1746
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1737
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1657
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1696
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1794
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1722
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1724
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1745
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1867
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1804
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1666
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1818

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