Rome vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$929	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	86	90
🏙️ Population	2.75M	1.06M

The cost of living in Rome is 63% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2624th and 5132nd ($1718 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 324th in Italy and Japan, respectively. Check Italy vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 337th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Sendai

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	Rome	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$5986

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201

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