Manchester vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	548K	1.06M

The cost of living in Manchester is 112% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1330th and 5094th ($2265 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 139th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 107th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Sendai

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	Manchester	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.3	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$5899

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

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