Cleveland vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Cleveland	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1865	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4488	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1035	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$1837	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3355	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	83	73
😀 Quality of life	87	78
🏙️ Population	373K	1.06M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 82% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2157th and 5135th ($1865 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1791st and 282nd 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 1.8 months in Cleveland compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Cleveland ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 222nd and 603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cleveland vs Sendai

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	Cleveland	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.6	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$63.7	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.83	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1039	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$784	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2273	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1381	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$145	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$223	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1196	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$900	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$95.5	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.91	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.19	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.35	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.56	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.66	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.9	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.7	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.1	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$919	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18748	$6030

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1932
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1905
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1891
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1943
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$1999
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1905
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1891
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2016
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1946
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1891
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1905
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$1975
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1848
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1934
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1958
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1930
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1917
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1900
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1936
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1795
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1904
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1974
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1718
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1756
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$2113
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1814
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1800
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1537
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1746
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1696
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1661
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1519
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1562
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1768
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1605
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1318
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1861
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1842

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011