Sendai vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sendai	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1055	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2676	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$435	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1888	$800
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	20
😀 Quality of life	90	41
🏙️ Population	1.06M	6.44M

The cost of living in Sendai is 57% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 5132nd and 7052nd ($1055 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 324th and 74th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Sendai compared to 1.2 months in Shangrao. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 156th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Shangrao

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	Sendai	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$805	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$606	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.01%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1285	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.8	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.73	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5986	$31722

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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

Cities near Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621