Chittagong vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chittagong	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$358	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$882	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$93	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$155	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$46	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$182	$1516
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	45	72
😀 Quality of life	50	90
🏙️ Population	2.58M	1.06M

The cost of living in Chittagong is 66% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 9061st and 5094th ($358 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 139th in Bangladesh and Japan, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Chittagong compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Chittagong ranked 2nd best city to live in Bangladesh vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 6631st and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Chittagong vs Sendai infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/chittagong/sendai.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Chittagong vs Sendai infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/chittagong/sendai" target="_blank">Chittagong vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Chittagong vs Sendai

Prices for goods and services in Chittagong and Sendai are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Chittagong	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.08	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.8	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.62	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.82	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$53.3	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$213	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$96.2	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.5%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$728	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.12	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.71	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.77	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.2	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.86	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.82	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.11	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.58	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.66	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.97	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.33	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.04	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.96	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$55.2	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$27	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1379	$5899

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Chittagong

Distance	City	Cost of living
84 km or 52 mi	Cox's Bazar	$324
155 km or 96 mi	Barisal	$312
178 km or 110 mi	Agartala	$362
182 km or 113 mi	Aizawl	$456
198 km or 123 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
198 km or 123 mi	Narayanganj	$348
209 km or 130 mi	Narsingdi	$352
213 km or 132 mi	Dhaka	$464
239 km or 149 mi	Khulna	$301
266 km or 165 mi	Sittwe	$558
283 km or 176 mi	Jessore	$300
287 km or 179 mi	Sylhet	$321
307 km or 191 mi	Mymensingh	$282
340 km or 211 mi	Rajarhat	$328
342 km or 213 mi	Monywa	$519
347 km or 215 mi	Barasat	$333
348 km or 217 mi	Madhyamgram	$317
349 km or 217 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$332
350 km or 218 mi	Bidhannagar	$335
351 km or 218 mi	North Dumdum	$320
353 km or 219 mi	South Dumdum	$327
353 km or 219 mi	Imphal	$370
354 km or 220 mi	Bhatpara	$320
355 km or 220 mi	Naihati	$313
356 km or 221 mi	Baranagar	$318
356 km or 221 mi	Kamarhati	$320
356 km or 222 mi	Panihati	$324
358 km or 222 mi	Barrackpore	$315
358 km or 222 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$312
358 km or 222 mi	Chandannagar	$313
358 km or 223 mi	Uttarpara	$312
358 km or 223 mi	Kolkata	$366
359 km or 223 mi	Bally	$318
360 km or 224 mi	Serampore	$315
361 km or 224 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
362 km or 225 mi	Howrah	$323
362 km or 225 mi	Shillong	$354
362 km or 225 mi	Shantipur	$286
376 km or 234 mi	Bogra	$287
381 km or 237 mi	Maheshtala	$344

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