Hempstead vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	97	72
😀 Quality of life	79	90
🏙️ Population	793K	1.06M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 153% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 556th and 5132nd ($2664 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 636th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Sendai

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	Hempstead	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$5986

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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