Sendai vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sendai	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1069	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$460	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$750	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	83
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.06M	633K

The cost of living in Sendai is 52% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 5094th and 1455th ($1069 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 139th and 3rd in Japan and Germany, respectively. Check Japan vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sendai compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 242nd and 93rd 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	$6.27	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$3.84	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.54	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$798	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.98%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.63	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5899	$17949

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Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763