Male vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$818	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	7	72
😀 Quality of life	66	90
🏙️ Population	133K	1.06M

The cost of living in Male is 23% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4439th and 5094th ($1320 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 139th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 5057th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sendai

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	Male	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$5899

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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