Raleigh vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	468K	1.06M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 126% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 972nd and 5132nd ($2388 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd and 324th 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 221st and 156th 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	$17.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$5986

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034