Manchester vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	91	73
😀 Quality of life	91	78
🏙️ Population	548K	1.06M

The cost of living in Manchester is 95% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1798th and 5135th ($1998 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th and 282nd 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 2.3 months in Sendai. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 110th and 603rd 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	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$6030

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011