Sendai vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sendai	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1111	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$4878
🏠 One person rent	$459	$1179
🏘️ Family rent	$861	$2118
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2543	$3356
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	73	84
😀 Quality of life	92	92
🏙️ Population	1.06M	633K

The cost of living in Sendai is 46% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 4890th and 1692nd ($1111 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 142nd and 4th in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Sendai compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Sendai ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 91st and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Stuttgart

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	Sendai	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.64	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$4.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$3.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$1120
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$1630
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.98%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$7028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1362	$5083
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.5	$54.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.71	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$9.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.38	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$65.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$97.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.9	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$320	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6369	$16244

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Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1831
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1829
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1815
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1818
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1796
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1807
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1793
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1758
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1781
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1782
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1756
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1760
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1759
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1737
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1726
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1629
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1709
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1760
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1704
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1914
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1730
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1512
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1711
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1608
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1675
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1298
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1783
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1661
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1831
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1698
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1748
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1581
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1668
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1772
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1669
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1671