Manchester vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	548K	1.06M

The cost of living in Manchester is 96% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1662nd and 5132nd ($2071 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 324th 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 1.8 months in Sendai. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 85th and 156th 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	$16.7	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$5986

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034