Sendai vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1010
$493
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2419
$1325
🏠 One person rent
$416
$188
🏘️ Family rent
$661
$321
🍽️ Food expenses
$353
$177
🚐 Transport expenses
$137
$64
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1272
$705
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
31 km
🎓 Higher education
73
58
😀 Quality of life
74
68
🏙️ Population
1.06M
10.6M

The cost of living in Sendai is 105% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 5585th and 8757th ($1010 vs $493) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 415th and 518th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Sendai compared to 1.4 months in Shijiazhuang. Sendai ranked 169th best city to live in Japan vs Shijiazhuang ranked 38th in China, while ranked 2145th and 4718th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Shijiazhuang

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Sendai Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.58
$1.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$18
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.34
$4.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.84
$0.79
 Cappuccino
$3.85
$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.77
$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$488
$209
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$246
$117
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$723
$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$433
$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.3
$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$72.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.4
$6.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.75%
3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2579
$2408
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1456
$1688
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.65
$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$53.8
$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$3.55
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.06
$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.3
$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.74
$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.08
$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.34
$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.8
$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.4
$1.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.37
$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.45
$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.11
$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.08
$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.65
$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.51
$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.23
$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.09
$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.76
$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.27
$3.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.44
$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.26
$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.28
$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$51.3
$13.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.5
$5.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$63.9
$33
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.7
$4.14
👖 Brand Jeans
$50
$30.5
👟 Brand Sneakers
$40.8
$67.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$256
$396
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5002
$5006

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Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi Natori
$940
12 km or 7.2 mi Rifu
$941
12 km or 7.5 mi Tagajo
$942
14 km or 8.7 mi Tomiya
$941
14 km or 8.9 mi Shiogama
$942
18 km or 11 mi Iwanuma
$945
20 km or 12 mi Taiwa
$944
25 km or 16 mi Shibata
$947
26 km or 16 mi Watari
$950
27 km or 17 mi Ogawara
$949
33 km or 21 mi Kakuda
$953
34 km or 21 mi Kami
$965
35 km or 21 mi Higashimatsushima
$966
35 km or 22 mi Misato
$970
35 km or 22 mi Osaki
$970
37 km or 23 mi Shiroishi
$943
42 km or 26 mi Ishinomaki
$982
44 km or 27 mi Tendo
$948
45 km or 28 mi Higashine
$958
47 km or 29 mi Yamagata
$948
49 km or 30 mi Murayama
$969
53 km or 33 mi Soma
$976
53 km or 33 mi Kurihara
$991
53 km or 33 mi Sagae
$958
54 km or 34 mi Kaminoyama
$941
55 km or 34 mi Tome
$993
57 km or 35 mi Date
$926
66 km or 41 mi Fukushima
$942
66 km or 41 mi Takahata
$954
67 km or 42 mi Nan'yo
$961
70 km or 44 mi Minamisoma
$997
74 km or 46 mi Shinjo
$1014
75 km or 46 mi Nagai
$975
77 km or 48 mi Yonezawa
$968
77 km or 48 mi Ichinoseki
$1016
85 km or 53 mi Nihonmatsu
$961
94 km or 58 mi Kesennuma
$1022
94 km or 58 mi Motomiya
$983
96 km or 59 mi Tamura
$999
100 km or 62 mi Oshu
$1022

Cities near Shijiazhuang

Distance City Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi Gaocheng
$519
37 km or 23 mi Xinle
$524
46 km or 29 mi Jinzhou
$521
63 km or 39 mi Xinji
$525
67 km or 42 mi Dingzhou
$558
82 km or 51 mi Anguo
$528
84 km or 52 mi Yangquan
$550
92 km or 57 mi Shenzhou
$512
108 km or 67 mi Nangong
$562
109 km or 67 mi Xingtai
$568
109 km or 68 mi Jizhou
$508
109 km or 68 mi Hengshui
$466
125 km or 78 mi Baoding
$468
131 km or 82 mi Shahe
$542
145 km or 90 mi Hejian
$562
153 km or 95 mi Wu'an
$540
157 km or 98 mi Renqiu
$572
159 km or 99 mi Handan
$545
161 km or 100 mi Xinzhou
$567
170 km or 105 mi Linqing
$538
172 km or 107 mi Dezhou
$492
173 km or 108 mi Taiyuan
$518
174 km or 108 mi Yuanping
$555
181 km or 112 mi Botou
$564
185 km or 115 mi Gaobeidian
$645
203 km or 126 mi Bazhou
$646
206 km or 128 mi Gujiao
$523
206 km or 128 mi Zhuozhou
$734
206 km or 128 mi Cangzhou
$621
217 km or 135 mi Anyang
$492
220 km or 137 mi Liaocheng
$505
225 km or 140 mi Yucheng
$540
228 km or 142 mi Linzhou
$531
231 km or 144 mi Shuozhou
$610
232 km or 144 mi Huairen
$666
240 km or 149 mi Laoling
$584
240 km or 149 mi Changzhi
$659
249 km or 155 mi Huanghua
$630
251 km or 156 mi Datong
$770
251 km or 156 mi Langfang
$716