Raleigh vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	468K	1.06M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 118% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1213th and 5094th ($2327 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th 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 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 212th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Sendai

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	Raleigh	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$5899

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

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