Oakland vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Oakland	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3123	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8266	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$1974	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$4255	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$783	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5741	$2382
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	97	73
😀 Quality of life	93	78
🏙️ Population	441K	1.06M

The cost of living in Oakland is 204% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 85th and 5135th ($3123 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd 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 1.8 months in Oakland compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Oakland ranked 8th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 61st and 603rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oakland vs Sendai

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	Oakland	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$30	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.5	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.3	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$5.03	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2159	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1715	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5202	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3736	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.6%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7041	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7002	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$117	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.6	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.49	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.47	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.4	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.61	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.94	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.96	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$180	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.1	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2755	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19305	$6030

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Cities near Oakland

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.1 km or 2.5 mi	Alameda	$3358
8 km or 5 mi	Berkeley	$3127
11 km or 6.5 mi	Albany	$2965
12 km or 7.3 mi	San Leandro	$2969
14 km or 8.7 mi	El Cerrito	$2977
15 km or 9.2 mi	San Francisco	$3729
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lafayette	$2840
17 km or 11 mi	San Lorenzo	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Richmond	$3042
19 km or 12 mi	Castro Valley	$2881
20 km or 12 mi	San Pablo	$3046
20 km or 12 mi	Walnut Creek	$2876
21 km or 13 mi	Hayward	$2660
22 km or 14 mi	Danville	$2929
22 km or 14 mi	South San Francisco	$3130
23 km or 14 mi	Daly	$3133
24 km or 15 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2782
24 km or 15 mi	San Ramon	$2860
24 km or 15 mi	Hercules	$2968
25 km or 15 mi	San Bruno	$3147
26 km or 16 mi	Millbrae	$3163
26 km or 16 mi	Burlingame	$3219
26 km or 16 mi	Martinez	$2697
28 km or 17 mi	Concord	$2947
28 km or 17 mi	Foster	$3518
28 km or 17 mi	San Mateo	$3583
29 km or 18 mi	Pacifica	$3135
29 km or 18 mi	Union	$2922
30 km or 19 mi	Benicia	$2824
31 km or 19 mi	Dublin	$3109
31 km or 19 mi	San Rafael	$4148
32 km or 20 mi	Belmont	$3567
33 km or 21 mi	San Carlos	$3300
34 km or 21 mi	Vallejo	$2900
35 km or 22 mi	Newark	$3003
35 km or 22 mi	Pleasanton	$3644
35 km or 22 mi	Redwood	$3389
37 km or 23 mi	Fremont	$3186
38 km or 24 mi	East Palo Alto	$3245
39 km or 24 mi	Menlo Park	$3313

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