Sendai vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1010
$653
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2419
$1697
🏠 One person rent
$416
$261
🏘️ Family rent
$661
$454
🍽️ Food expenses
$353
$226
🚐 Transport expenses
$137
$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1272
$1151
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
22 km
🎓 Higher education
73
97
😀 Quality of life
74
74
🏙️ Population
1.06M
12.3M

The cost of living in Sendai is 55% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 5585th and 7564th ($1010 vs $653) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 415th and 107th in Japan and China, respectively. Check Japan vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Sendai compared to 1.8 months in Wuhan. Sendai ranked 169th best city to live in Japan vs Wuhan ranked 6th in China, while ranked 2145th and 2134th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Wuhan

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Sendai Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.58
$2.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.34
$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.84
$1.76
 Cappuccino
$3.85
$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.77
$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$488
$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$246
$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$723
$585
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$433
$337
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.3
$35.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$55
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.4
$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.75%
3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2579
$3218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1456
$1620
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.65
$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$53.8
$24.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$3.82
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.06
$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.3
$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.74
$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.08
$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.34
$3.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.8
$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.4
$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.37
$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.45
$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.11
$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.08
$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.65
$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.51
$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.23
$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.09
$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.76
$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.27
$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.44
$5.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.26
$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.28
$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$51.3
$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.5
$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$63.9
$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.7
$3.36
👖 Brand Jeans
$50
$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers
$40.8
$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$256
$360
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5002
$8927

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Cities near Sendai

Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi Natori
$940
12 km or 7.2 mi Rifu
$941
12 km or 7.5 mi Tagajo
$942
14 km or 8.7 mi Tomiya
$941
14 km or 8.9 mi Shiogama
$942
18 km or 11 mi Iwanuma
$945
20 km or 12 mi Taiwa
$944
25 km or 16 mi Shibata
$947
26 km or 16 mi Watari
$950
27 km or 17 mi Ogawara
$949
33 km or 21 mi Kakuda
$953
34 km or 21 mi Kami
$965
35 km or 21 mi Higashimatsushima
$966
35 km or 22 mi Misato
$970
35 km or 22 mi Osaki
$970
37 km or 23 mi Shiroishi
$943
42 km or 26 mi Ishinomaki
$982
44 km or 27 mi Tendo
$948
45 km or 28 mi Higashine
$958
47 km or 29 mi Yamagata
$948
49 km or 30 mi Murayama
$969
53 km or 33 mi Soma
$976
53 km or 33 mi Kurihara
$991
53 km or 33 mi Sagae
$958
54 km or 34 mi Kaminoyama
$941
55 km or 34 mi Tome
$993
57 km or 35 mi Date
$926
66 km or 41 mi Fukushima
$942
66 km or 41 mi Takahata
$954
67 km or 42 mi Nan'yo
$961
70 km or 44 mi Minamisoma
$997
74 km or 46 mi Shinjo
$1014
75 km or 46 mi Nagai
$975
77 km or 48 mi Yonezawa
$968
77 km or 48 mi Ichinoseki
$1016
85 km or 53 mi Nihonmatsu
$961
94 km or 58 mi Kesennuma
$1022
94 km or 58 mi Motomiya
$983
96 km or 59 mi Tamura
$999
100 km or 62 mi Oshu
$1022

Cities near Wuhan

Distance City Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi Hanchuan
$624
52 km or 32 mi Xiaogan
$639
58 km or 36 mi Huanggang
$657
61 km or 38 mi Ezhou
$645
79 km or 49 mi Yingcheng
$599
83 km or 52 mi Huangshi
$682
84 km or 52 mi Xianning
$634
85 km or 53 mi Daye
$651
88 km or 55 mi Xiantao
$615
95 km or 59 mi Anlu
$591
96 km or 60 mi Macheng
$608
100 km or 62 mi Chibi
$596
116 km or 72 mi Honghu
$599
123 km or 76 mi Jingshan
$585
123 km or 76 mi Guangshui
$590
147 km or 91 mi Wuxue
$602
148 km or 92 mi Linxiang
$583
153 km or 95 mi Suizhou
$594
172 km or 107 mi Xinyang
$596
175 km or 109 mi Zhongxiang
$575
176 km or 109 mi Yueyang
$605
192 km or 119 mi Jiujiang
$599
199 km or 124 mi Jingzhou
$610
205 km or 127 mi Jingmen
$589
205 km or 127 mi Shishou
$563
218 km or 136 mi Qianshan
$579
225 km or 140 mi Zaoyang
$561
230 km or 143 mi Yicheng
$554
240 km or 149 mi Dangyang
$562
245 km or 153 mi Songzi
$568
248 km or 154 mi Lu'an
$647
255 km or 159 mi Jinshi
$529
259 km or 161 mi Tongcheng
$603
261 km or 162 mi Xiangyang
$570
262 km or 163 mi Nanchang
$539
263 km or 163 mi Anqing
$544
267 km or 166 mi Zhumadian
$596
273 km or 170 mi Yidu
$552
288 km or 179 mi Yichang
$595
292 km or 182 mi Yiyang
$584