New Taipei vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Taipei	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3063	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$469	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$116	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1589	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	94	72
😀 Quality of life	86	90
🏙️ Population	4.04M	1.06M

The cost of living in New Taipei is 2% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 5000th and 5132nd ($1073 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 324th in Taiwan and Japan, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in New Taipei compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. New Taipei ranked 1st best city to live in Taiwan vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 302nd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New Taipei vs Sendai

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	New Taipei	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.61	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.06	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.46	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$376	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1348	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46.8	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.1	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.1	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.11%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9392	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4811	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.62	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.8	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.74	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.92	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.62	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.2	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.78	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.66	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.84	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.7	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.6	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$77.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$515	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18855	$5986

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Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581

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