Kharkiv vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kharkiv Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person
$499
$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1275
$2419
🏠 One person rent
$200
$416
🏘️ Family rent
$342
$661
🍽️ Food expenses
$198
$353
🚐 Transport expenses
$43
$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$459
$1272
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
9 km
15 km
🎓 Higher education
61
73
😀 Quality of life
63
74
🏙️ Population
1.42M
1.06M

The cost of living in Kharkiv is 51% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 8722nd and 5585th ($499 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 415th in Ukraine and Japan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kharkiv compared to 1.3 months in Sendai. Kharkiv ranked 4th best city to live in Ukraine vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 5605th and 2145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kharkiv vs Sendai

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Kharkiv Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.46
$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$21
$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.39
$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.02
$3.84
 Cappuccino
$1.23
$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.72
$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$218
$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$122
$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$392
$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$222
$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$52.4
$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$80.7
$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$5.94
$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
17.61%
2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1150
$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$595
$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.34
$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$8.47
$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$3.84
$18
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.25
$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.97
$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.53
$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.97
$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.46
$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.2
$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.72
$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.05
$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.87
$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.62
$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.73
$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.85
$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.57
$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.5
$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.36
$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.74
$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$4.6
$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.74
$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.2
$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.09
$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.33
$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.65
$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.27
$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$20.1
$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$4.06
$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$7.93
$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.88
$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans
$55.1
$50
👟 Brand Sneakers
$77.1
$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$299
$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$2953
$5002

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$757
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$490
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$516
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$630
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$505
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$567
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$682
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$748
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$644
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$637
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$465
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$639
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$528
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$549
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$485
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$761
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$724
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$476
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$696
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$529
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$557
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$705
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$597
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$686
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$500
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$697
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$893
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$759
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$882
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$545
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$534
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$414
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$680
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$905
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$637
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$759
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$562

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Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi Natori
$940
12 km or 7.2 mi Rifu
$941
12 km or 7.5 mi Tagajo
$942
14 km or 8.7 mi Tomiya
$941
14 km or 8.9 mi Shiogama
$942
18 km or 11 mi Iwanuma
$945
20 km or 12 mi Taiwa
$944
25 km or 16 mi Shibata
$947
26 km or 16 mi Watari
$950
27 km or 17 mi Ogawara
$949
33 km or 21 mi Kakuda
$953
34 km or 21 mi Kami
$965
35 km or 21 mi Higashimatsushima
$966
35 km or 22 mi Misato
$970
35 km or 22 mi Osaki
$970
37 km or 23 mi Shiroishi
$943
42 km or 26 mi Ishinomaki
$982
44 km or 27 mi Tendo
$948
45 km or 28 mi Higashine
$958
47 km or 29 mi Yamagata
$948
49 km or 30 mi Murayama
$969
53 km or 33 mi Soma
$976
53 km or 33 mi Kurihara
$991
53 km or 33 mi Sagae
$958
54 km or 34 mi Kaminoyama
$941
55 km or 34 mi Tome
$993
57 km or 35 mi Date
$926
66 km or 41 mi Fukushima
$942
66 km or 41 mi Takahata
$954
67 km or 42 mi Nan'yo
$961
70 km or 44 mi Minamisoma
$997
74 km or 46 mi Shinjo
$1014
75 km or 46 mi Nagai
$975
77 km or 48 mi Yonezawa
$968
77 km or 48 mi Ichinoseki
$1016
85 km or 53 mi Nihonmatsu
$961
94 km or 58 mi Kesennuma
$1022
94 km or 58 mi Motomiya
$983
96 km or 59 mi Tamura
$999
100 km or 62 mi Oshu
$1022