Louisville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	60	73
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	246K	1.06M

The cost of living in Louisville is 83% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2604th and 5531st ($1847 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 360th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 326th and 2040th 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	$14.2	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$4242

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014