Philadelphia vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Philadelphia	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2584	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5778	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1504	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2234	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$732	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$191	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4329	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	1.6M	1.06M

The cost of living in Philadelphia is 142% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 744th and 5094th ($2584 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 660th and 139th 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 1.7 months in Philadelphia compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Philadelphia ranked 25th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 95th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Philadelphia vs Sendai

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	Philadelphia	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$95.3	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.04	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1597	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2401	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$153	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3243	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2372	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.52	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.24	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.95	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.46	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.7	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.85	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.1	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.6	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.6	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2021	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15283	$5899

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Cities near Philadelphia

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.2 km or 3.2 mi	Camden	$2593
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Pennsauken Township	$2580
12 km or 7.1 mi	Cherry Hill	$2638
12 km or 7.7 mi	West Deptford Township	$2616
16 km or 9.9 mi	Fox Chase	$2408
16 km or 9.9 mi	Deptford Township	$2603
19 km or 12 mi	Moorestown	$2578
21 km or 13 mi	Gloucester Township	$2603
21 km or 13 mi	Chester	$2476
22 km or 14 mi	Mount Laurel	$2568
25 km or 15 mi	Evesham Township	$2594
25 km or 16 mi	Willingboro Township	$2637
31 km or 19 mi	Medford	$2627
35 km or 22 mi	Levittown	$2358
35 km or 22 mi	Winslow Township	$2620
36 km or 23 mi	Monroe Township	$2610
38 km or 23 mi	West Chester	$2737
40 km or 25 mi	Wilmington	$2267
46 km or 28 mi	Trenton	$2676
46 km or 29 mi	Ewing Township	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Hamilton Township	$2671
52 km or 32 mi	Pottstown	$2355
54 km or 33 mi	Lawrence Township	$2741
56 km or 35 mi	Vineland	$2533
58 km or 36 mi	Newark	$2121
59 km or 36 mi	Bridgeton	$2608
62 km or 38 mi	Princeton	$3102
63 km or 39 mi	Millville	$2524
64 km or 39 mi	East Windsor Township	$2797
65 km or 40 mi	Plainsboro Township	$2846
67 km or 42 mi	Montgomery Township	$2883
67 km or 42 mi	Manchester Township	$2714
71 km or 44 mi	Jackson Township	$2770
72 km or 45 mi	South Brunswick	$2880
77 km or 48 mi	Allentown	$2323
77 km or 48 mi	Bethlehem	$2278
77 km or 48 mi	Hillsborough Township	$2948
78 km or 48 mi	Reading	$2239
78 km or 49 mi	Barnegat Township	$2737
79 km or 49 mi	Manalapan Township	$2886

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