Sendai vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sendai	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1055	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2676	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$435	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1888	$2695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	72	98
😀 Quality of life	90	93
🏙️ Population	1.06M	1.97M

The cost of living in Sendai is 43% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5132nd and 2270th ($1055 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 324th and 1st in Japan and Austria, respectively. Check Japan vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Sendai compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 156th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Vienna

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	Sendai	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$805	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$606	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.01%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1285	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.8	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.73	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5986	$18199

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987