Milwaukee vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Milwaukee	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2104	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5122	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1239	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$2039	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$569	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4263	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	81	73
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	577K	1.06M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 105% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1560th and 5135th ($2104 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1383rd and 282nd in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Milwaukee compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Milwaukee ranked 26th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 138th and 603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Sendai

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	Milwaukee	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.3	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.12	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.88	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1310	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2531	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1588	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.61%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1712	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1464	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.8	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.51	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.34	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.42	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.89	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.05	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.82	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.3	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$165	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.7	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.6	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1814	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24397	$6030

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2016
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$2002
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$2021
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$1964
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1947
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2007
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1971
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1995
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2002
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$2003
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1948
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1803
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1984
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$1985
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$1983
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1945
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1911
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$1970
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1949
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2193
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1800
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2159
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2199
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2191
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2164
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1709
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2205
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2150
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2305
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$1926
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1855
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2107
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2143
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1935
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2314
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2221
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2195
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2269
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2240
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2253

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