Kyiv vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kyiv Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person
$882
$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2107
$2419
🏠 One person rent
$454
$416
🏘️ Family rent
$749
$661
🍽️ Food expenses
$273
$353
🚐 Transport expenses
$70.1
$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$440
$1272
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
15 km
🎓 Higher education
73
73
😀 Quality of life
63
74
🏙️ Population
2.95M
1.06M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 13% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6441st and 5585th ($882 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 415th in Ukraine and Japan, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.3 months in Sendai. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 5524th and 2145th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Sendai

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Kyiv Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$9.05
$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.96
$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.62
$3.84
☕ Cappuccino
$1.59
$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.71
$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$545
$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$342
$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$980
$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$557
$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$65.2
$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$102
$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$6.4
$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
18.34%
2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2565
$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1111
$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.19
$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14.3
$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.85
$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.34
$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.19
$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.68
$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.32
$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.98
$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.2
$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.94
$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.36
$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.22
$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.58
$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.99
$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.32
$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.75
$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.54
$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.42
$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.13
$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.39
$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.92
$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.8
$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.12
$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.22
$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.47
$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.52
$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$36.4
$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.98
$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$16.1
$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.84
$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans
$67.8
$50
👟 Brand Sneakers
$93.5
$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$366
$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9101
$5002

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$500
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$562
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$476
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$584
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$545
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$465
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$546
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$792
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$405
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$490
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$516
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$450
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$806
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$484
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$826
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$464
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$637
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$796
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$554
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$622
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$748
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$967
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$534
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$561
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$686
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$499
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$686
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$574
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$869
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1049
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$682
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$1042
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$757
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$568
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$836
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$873
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$628

Cities near Sendai

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