Peshawar vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$130	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$1888
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	48	72
😀 Quality of life	40	90
🏙️ Population	1.97M	1.06M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 67% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 9093rd and 5132nd ($346 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 324th in Pakistan and Japan, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 6958th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Sendai

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	Peshawar	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$5986

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

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