Gold Coast vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gold Coast	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2530	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5679	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1644	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$2706	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$638	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4225	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	93	74
🏙️ Population	608K	1.06M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 151% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 852nd and 5531st ($2530 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 360th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Gold Coast ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 68th and 2040th 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	$20.2	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$106	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.74	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.85	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2097	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2832	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2351	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8667	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5294	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.7	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.69	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.89	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.53	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.93	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.9	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.29	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.5	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.8	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2112	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9318	$4242

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2341
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2323
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1825
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1992
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1863
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1273
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1643
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1995
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1855
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2354
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2040
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1709
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2481
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1701
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1460
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1795
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2258
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1825
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$2015
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1816
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1905
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1493
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$2000
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1933
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1936
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1915
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2543
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1834
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1913

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014