Sendai vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1026
$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2624
$2705
🏠 One person rent
$402
$330
🏘️ Family rent
$782
$789
🍽️ Food expenses
$352
$399
🚐 Transport expenses
$161
$76.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2382
$1294
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
4 km
🎓 Higher education
73
74
😀 Quality of life
78
82
🏙️ Population
1.06M
1.87M

The cost of living in Sendai is 12% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 5135th and 5887th ($1026 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 282nd and 7th in Japan and Taiwan, respectively. Check Japan vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Sendai compared to 1.4 months in Tainan. Sendai ranked 66th best city to live in Japan vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 603rd and 364th among best cities to live in the world.

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Sendai Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.28
$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.8
$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.5
$4.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.29
$1.86
☕ Cappuccino
$2.92
$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.8
$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$399
$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$259
$241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$783
$651
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$578
$695
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$85.5
$50
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$133
$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$29.7
$25.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.99%
1.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2219
$2852
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1298
$2187
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.64
$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$90.9
$17.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16
$9.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.04
$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.39
$3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.1
$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.29
$3.09
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.76
$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.9
$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.7
$9.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$11.4
$17.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.48
$4.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.14
$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.84
$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.31
$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.23
$2.87
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.94
$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.56
$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.31
$1.61
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$7.94
$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.02
$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.35
$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.4
$12.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.66
$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.34
$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.33
$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$52.6
$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$11.7
$9.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$66.2
$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.3
$9.61
👖 Brand Jeans
$45.2
$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers
$51.5
$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$303
$734
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6030
$11040

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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 Tainan

Distance City Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi Kaohsiung
$932
62 km or 38 mi Chiayi
$725
89 km or 55 mi Douliu
$791
102 km or 63 mi Taitung
$952
116 km or 72 mi Nantou
$857
126 km or 78 mi Changhua
$890
139 km or 86 mi Taichung
$995
188 km or 117 mi Miaoli
$746
218 km or 135 mi Hsinchu
$860
222 km or 138 mi Zhubei
$917
233 km or 145 mi Taoyuan
$861
249 km or 155 mi Kinmen
$851
254 km or 158 mi Yilan
$863
259 km or 161 mi New Taipei
$1011
261 km or 162 mi Jinjiang
$676
267 km or 166 mi Taipei
$1169
269 km or 167 mi Quanzhou
$689
271 km or 168 mi Xiamen
$721
286 km or 178 mi Keelung
$860
298 km or 185 mi Putian
$675
308 km or 191 mi Zhangzhou
$719
356 km or 221 mi Fuzhou
$664
359 km or 223 mi Shantou
$589
371 km or 230 mi Chaozhou
$588
395 km or 246 mi Jieyang
$716
397 km or 247 mi Longyan
$713
412 km or 256 mi Puning
$738
415 km or 258 mi Ningde
$694
431 km or 268 mi Ishigaki
$1114
439 km or 273 mi Meizhou
$799
446 km or 277 mi Sanming
$667
455 km or 283 mi Nanping
$678
497 km or 309 mi Shanwei
$1083
535 km or 333 mi Rui'an
$744
556 km or 346 mi Miyakojima
$1115
560 km or 348 mi Wenzhou
$787
567 km or 352 mi Heyuan
$891
573 km or 356 mi Wuyishan
$655
590 km or 367 mi Huizhou
$837
608 km or 378 mi Lishui
$741