Riyadh vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$944	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	72	72
😀 Quality of life	78	90
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.06M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 55% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2911th and 5132nd ($1637 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 324th in Saudi Arabia and Japan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 733rd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Sendai

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	Riyadh	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$5986

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529

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