Cleveland vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cleveland	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4394	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1105	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1817	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	83	72
😀 Quality of life	86	90
🏙️ Population	373K	1.06M

The cost of living in Cleveland is 80% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2110th and 5132nd ($1899 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1771st 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 1.7 months in Cleveland compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Cleveland ranked 80th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 305th and 156th 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	$16	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.3	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.18	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.65	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.26	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1071	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$844	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2260	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1330	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1302	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1026	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.51	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.79	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.16	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.19	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.2	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.2	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1016	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18828	$5986

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Cities near Cleveland

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.4 mi	Garfield Heights	$1958
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Cleveland Heights	$1931
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Shaker Heights	$1927
11 km or 6.8 mi	Lakewood	$1973
11 km or 6.9 mi	Parma	$2023
12 km or 7.5 mi	Maple Heights	$1943
13 km or 7.8 mi	South Euclid	$1922
13 km or 8.2 mi	Parma Heights	$2060
15 km or 9.1 mi	Rocky River	$1966
15 km or 9.4 mi	Bedford	$1921
18 km or 11 mi	Euclid	$1914
19 km or 12 mi	North Royalton	$2003
22 km or 13 mi	Solon	$1876
22 km or 13 mi	North Olmsted	$1965
22 km or 14 mi	Westlake	$1954
23 km or 14 mi	Strongsville	$1967
28 km or 17 mi	Avon Lake	$1935
28 km or 18 mi	Willoughby	$1902
30 km or 18 mi	Avon	$1937
30 km or 18 mi	Brunswick	$1915
30 km or 18 mi	North Ridgeville	$1930
33 km or 21 mi	Hudson	$1818
36 km or 22 mi	Mentor	$1871
38 km or 24 mi	Elyria	$1906
40 km or 25 mi	Cuyahoga Falls	$1830
41 km or 25 mi	Stow	$1799
42 km or 26 mi	Lorain	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Medina	$1842
45 km or 28 mi	Kent	$1666
47 km or 29 mi	Akron	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Wadsworth	$1839
52 km or 32 mi	Barberton	$1840
61 km or 38 mi	Green	$1753
76 km or 47 mi	Warren	$1584
77 km or 48 mi	Massillon	$1606
78 km or 49 mi	Wooster	$1481
79 km or 49 mi	Alliance	$1526
79 km or 49 mi	Canton	$1279
83 km or 52 mi	Norwalk	$1858
87 km or 54 mi	Sandusky	$1860

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