Sendai vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sendai	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1055	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2676	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$435	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1888	$2831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	72	87
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	1.06M	518K

The cost of living in Sendai is 40% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 5132nd and 2490th ($1055 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 324th and 147th in Japan and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Japan vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Sendai compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 156th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Sheffield

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	Sendai	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$805	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$606	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.01%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1285	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.8	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.73	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5986	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750