Frankfurt vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Frankfurt	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1902	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4451	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1097	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$1947	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$485	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$172	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3920	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	73
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	759K	1.06M

The cost of living in Frankfurt is 85% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2040th and 5135th ($1902 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 282nd in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Frankfurt compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Frankfurt ranked 5th best city to live in Germany vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 38th and 603rd 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	$14.2	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.54	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.78	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.92	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2055	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1525	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$273	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.88%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8253	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4831	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.65	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$64.2	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.02	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.75	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.93	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.51	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.38	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$81.7	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.3	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$506	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14318	$6030

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Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1560
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1651
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1653
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1684
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1644
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1588
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1600
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1656
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1586
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1657
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1620
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1652
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1660
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1638
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1660
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1674
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1648
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1649
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1644
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1593
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1605
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1628
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1606
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1651
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1616
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1603
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1654
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1725
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1624
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1684
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1721
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1713
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1631
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1673
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1657
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1704
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1725
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1574

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