Gold Coast vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$2543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	88	92
🏙️ Population	608K	1.06M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 107% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1120th and 4890th ($2300 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 142nd in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 209th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Sendai

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	Gold Coast	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$6369

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057