Perth vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	72
😀 Quality of life	98	90
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.06M

The cost of living in Perth is 119% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1191st and 5094th ($2338 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 139th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 12th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Sendai

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	Perth	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$5899

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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