Prague vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Prague	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3619	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$923	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$1662	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$102	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1671	$2382
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	73
😀 Quality of life	85	78
🏙️ Population	1.36M	1.06M

The cost of living in Prague is 49% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 3308th and 5135th ($1531 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 282nd 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 66th in Japan, while ranked 273rd and 603rd 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	$8.17	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.6	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.66	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.63	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$926	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$679	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1265	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$266	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.07%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7359	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5167	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.5	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.4	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.66	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.75	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.66	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.6	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.19	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.65	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.98	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.2	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.8	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$84	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$583	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11372	$6030

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Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1383
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1374
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1363
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1188
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1146
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1116
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1038
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1015
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1063
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$918
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1130
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1102
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1063
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1027
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1293
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1127
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1122
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1046
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1036
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1311
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$949
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1077
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1013
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$979
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1090
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1344
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1083
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$969
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$956
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1204
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1406
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1019
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1165
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1344
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1078
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1310
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1002

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011