Frankfurt vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Frankfurt	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1989	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1125	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1929	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$534	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$170	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3700	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	776K	1.06M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 89% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1863rd and 5132nd ($1989 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 324th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Frankfurt compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Frankfurt ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 47th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Frankfurt vs Sendai

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	Frankfurt	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.92	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.17	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1133	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$849	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2172	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$282	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8106	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4832	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.86	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.5	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.82	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.11	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.41	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.7	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.7	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$555	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14496	$5986

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595

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