Sendai vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1026
$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2624
$3221
🏠 One person rent
$402
$359
🏘️ Family rent
$782
$739
🍽️ Food expenses
$352
$431
🚐 Transport expenses
$161
$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2382
$949
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
19 km
🎓 Higher education
73
70
😀 Quality of life
78
68
🏙️ Population
1.06M
12.7M

The cost of living in Sendai is 0.6% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 5135th and 5170th ($1026 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 282nd and 11th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Sendai compared to 0.9 months in Suzhou. Sendai ranked 66th best city to live in Japan vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 603rd and 3722nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Suzhou

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Sendai Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.28
$4.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.8
$63.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.5
$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.29
$4.6
 Cappuccino
$2.92
$4.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.8
$1.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$399
$466
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$259
$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$783
$1276
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$578
$479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85.5
$57.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$133
$87.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$29.7
$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.99%
4.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2219
$5502
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1298
$4232
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.64
$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$90.9
$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16
$4.67
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.04
$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.39
$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.1
$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.76
$3.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.9
$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.7
$6.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.4
$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.48
$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.84
$3.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.31
$1.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.23
$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.56
$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.31
$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.94
$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.02
$1.08
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.35
$6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.4
$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.66
$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.34
$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.33
$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$52.6
$69.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.7
$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$66.2
$71.7
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.3
$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans
$45.2
$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$51.5
$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$1756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6030
$22097

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Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi Natori
$941
12 km or 7.2 mi Rifu
$941
12 km or 7.5 mi Tagajo
$940
14 km or 8.7 mi Tomiya
$943
14 km or 8.9 mi Shiogama
$942
18 km or 11 mi Iwanuma
$947
20 km or 12 mi Taiwa
$946
25 km or 16 mi Shibata
$949
26 km or 16 mi Watari
$953
27 km or 17 mi Ogawara
$949
33 km or 21 mi Kakuda
$954
34 km or 21 mi Kami
$959
35 km or 21 mi Higashimatsushima
$965
35 km or 22 mi Misato
$963
35 km or 22 mi Osaki
$963
37 km or 23 mi Shiroishi
$949
42 km or 26 mi Ishinomaki
$972
44 km or 27 mi Tendo
$944
45 km or 28 mi Higashine
$957
47 km or 29 mi Yamagata
$957
49 km or 30 mi Murayama
$961
53 km or 33 mi Soma
$966
53 km or 33 mi Kurihara
$982
53 km or 33 mi Sagae
$952
54 km or 34 mi Kaminoyama
$939
55 km or 34 mi Tome
$983
57 km or 35 mi Date
$958
66 km or 41 mi Fukushima
$988
66 km or 41 mi Takahata
$956
67 km or 42 mi Nan'yo
$961
70 km or 44 mi Minamisoma
$977
74 km or 46 mi Shinjo
$991
75 km or 46 mi Nagai
$965
77 km or 48 mi Yonezawa
$966
77 km or 48 mi Ichinoseki
$1000
85 km or 53 mi Nihonmatsu
$954
94 km or 58 mi Kesennuma
$1009
94 km or 58 mi Motomiya
$939
96 km or 59 mi Tamura
$955
100 km or 62 mi Oshu
$1011

Cities near Suzhou

Distance City Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi Kunshan
$771
40 km or 25 mi Changshu
$731
43 km or 27 mi Wuxi
$687
49 km or 31 mi Taicang
$731
63 km or 39 mi Jiaxing
$596
64 km or 40 mi Zhangjiagang
$678
69 km or 43 mi Huzhou
$699
75 km or 47 mi Jiangyin
$688
76 km or 47 mi Yixing
$707
80 km or 50 mi Nantong
$651
82 km or 51 mi Shanghai
$1190
83 km or 52 mi Changzhou
$713
84 km or 52 mi Haimen
$682
85 km or 53 mi Jingjiang
$675
88 km or 55 mi Pudong
$1074
109 km or 68 mi Liyang
$694
112 km or 70 mi Taixing
$665
114 km or 71 mi Qidong
$763
120 km or 75 mi Rugao
$682
123 km or 77 mi Guangde
$707
125 km or 78 mi Hangzhou
$831
125 km or 78 mi Danyang
$625
129 km or 80 mi Yangzhong
$625
137 km or 85 mi Hai'an
$679
145 km or 90 mi Shaoxing
$755
148 km or 92 mi Taizhou
$651
149 km or 93 mi Zhenjiang
$524
156 km or 97 mi Jurong
$645
164 km or 102 mi Yangzhou
$631
173 km or 107 mi Ningguo
$720
175 km or 109 mi Yizheng
$617
175 km or 109 mi Dongtai
$703
182 km or 113 mi Xuancheng
$789
182 km or 113 mi Ningbo
$677
194 km or 120 mi Nanjing
$740
196 km or 122 mi Xinghua
$696
198 km or 123 mi Gaoyou
$652
202 km or 125 mi Zhoushan
$690
214 km or 133 mi Wuhu
$898
216 km or 134 mi Tianchang
$645