Ramallah vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ramallah	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$952	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2170	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$429	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$362	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$937	$2543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	55	73
😀 Quality of life	51	92
🏙️ Population	39K	1.06M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 14% less expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 5974th and 4890th ($952 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 142nd in the Palestine and Japan, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ramallah compared to 2.3 months in Sendai. Ramallah ranked 1st best city to live in the Palestine vs Sendai ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 6160th and 91st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Sendai

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	Ramallah	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.88	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.73	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.69	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$676	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$520	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.2	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.2%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1208	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$903	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.61	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$74.5	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.86	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.18	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.17	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.07	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.2	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.03	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.88	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.8	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.14	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$194	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3782	$6369

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$934
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1536
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1768
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2115
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1853
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1868
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1866
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$730
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1769
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1741
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1836
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$705
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$1996
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2098
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$721
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2020
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2154
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1918
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1751
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2254
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1651
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1872
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1815
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2085
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1795
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1838
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$847
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$692
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1775
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2045
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1758
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1671

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057