Luxembourg City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$1516
😷 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 160% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 433rd and 5094th ($2776 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 139th 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 1.4 months in Sendai. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 279th and 242nd 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	$21.5	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$5899

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013