Louisville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Louisville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1862	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4532	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1091	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1976	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4332	$2543
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	61	73
😀 Quality of life	87	92
🏙️ Population	246K	1.06M

The cost of living in Louisville is 68% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2276th and 4890th ($1862 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1806th and 142nd 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 2.3 months in Louisville compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Louisville ranked 68th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 251st and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sendai

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	Louisville	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.8	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.34	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2035	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1662	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.8	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.56%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3349	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3026	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.53	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.08	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.32	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.8	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1242	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13601	$6369

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057