Prague vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Prague	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1899	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4415	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1957	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$451	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2366	$1115
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	73
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.06M

The cost of living in Prague is 89% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2377th and 5531st ($1899 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 360th 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 1.2 months in Prague compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 244th and 2040th 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	$10.6	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1089	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1964	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1546	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$304	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10118	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7415	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.87	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.84	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.58	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.93	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.23	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.6	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$43.1	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$89.7	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1075	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19039	$4242

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014