Prague vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Prague	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1778	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4184	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1098	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1897	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$121	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$1516
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	72
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	1.4M	1.06M

The cost of living in Prague is 66% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2821st and 5094th ($1778 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 139th 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 1.3 months in Prague compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Prague ranked 1st best city to live in the Czech Republic vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 277th and 242nd 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	$9.76	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.77	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1073	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$830	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1910	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1487	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.1	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10023	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7034	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.44	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.3	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.76	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.93	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.36	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.15	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.48	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.88	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.23	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.02	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$994	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15329	$5899

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284

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