Islamabad vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$199	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$1888
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	69	72
😀 Quality of life	49	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.06M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 58% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 8870th and 5132nd ($442 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 324th in Pakistan and Japan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 6313th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Sendai

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	Islamabad	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$5986

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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