Luxembourg City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Luxembourg City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2926	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6423	$2419
🏠 One person rent	$1964	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$3248	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$696	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.9	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5332	$1272
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	29	73
😀 Quality of life	87	74
🏙️ Population	138K	1.06M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 190% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 270th and 5585th ($2926 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 415th in Luxembourg and Japan, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.3 months in Sendai. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 350th and 2145th 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	$24.3	$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.3	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.7	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.1	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.13	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1923	$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1670	$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3538	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2749	$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$286	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13023	$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8923	$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.7	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.1	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$36.2	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.99	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.87	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21	$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26.9	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.09	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.3	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.3	$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1442	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18882	$5002

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2586
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2637
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2512
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2431
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1844
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1744
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1536
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1550
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1569
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1535
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1533
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1470
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1515
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1492
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1508
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1684
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1605
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1501
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1507
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1675
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1538
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1501
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1358
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1663
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1650
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1643
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1647
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1731
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1612
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1735
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1635
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1653
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1681
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1759
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1582
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1592
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1644
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1676

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