Prague vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Prague	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1641	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3833	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1005	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1751	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1865	$2543
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	73
😀 Quality of life	86	92
🏙️ Population	1.38M	1.06M

The cost of living in Prague is 48% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 3084th and 4890th ($1641 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 142nd in the Czech Republic and Japan, respectively. Check the Czech Republic vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Prague compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 292nd and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Prague vs Sendai

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	Prague	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.73	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.28	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.77	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1012	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$756	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1872	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1359	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$267	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7685	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5446	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.2	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.1	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.5	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.79	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.93	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.79	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.84	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.3	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.8	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.2	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12545	$6369

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057