Luxembourg City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	29	72
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	136K	1.06M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 132% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 870th and 5132nd ($2446 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 324th in Luxembourg and Japan, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 199th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Sendai

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	Luxembourg City	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$5986

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500

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