Munich vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	90	72
😀 Quality of life	94	90
🏙️ Population	1.51M	1.06M

The cost of living in Munich is 130% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 920th and 5094th ($2463 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 139th in Germany and Japan, respectively. Check Germany vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Munich compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 61st and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Sendai

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	Munich	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$5899

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

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