Sendai vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1010
$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2419
$1732
🏠 One person rent
$416
$340
🏘️ Family rent
$661
$491
🍽️ Food expenses
$353
$231
🚐 Transport expenses
$137
$59
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1272
$1080
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
38 km
🎓 Higher education
73
42
😀 Quality of life
74
55
🏙️ Population
1.06M
7.1M

The cost of living in Sendai is 43% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 5585th and 7210th ($1010 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 415th and 49th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Sendai ranked 169th best city to live in Japan vs Yantai ranked 63rd in China, while ranked 2145th and 6343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Yantai

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Sendai Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.58
$3.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.34
$4.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.84
$1.91
☕ Cappuccino
$3.85
$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.77
$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$488
$202
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$246
$309
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$723
$365
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$433
$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.3
$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$63.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.4
$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.75%
3.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2579
$3115
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1456
$6250
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.65
$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$53.8
$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$3.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.06
$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.3
$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.74
$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.08
$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.34
$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.8
$7.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.4
$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.37
$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.45
$1.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.11
$1.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.08
$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.65
$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.51
$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.23
$0.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.09
$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.76
$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.27
$3.14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$4.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.44
$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.26
$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.28
$2.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$51.3
$23.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.5
$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$63.9
$25.5
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.7
$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans
$50
$66.9
👟 Brand Sneakers
$40.8
$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$256
$338
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5002
$14357

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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 Yantai

Distance City Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi Qixia
$626
59 km or 37 mi Rushan
$597
68 km or 42 mi Laiyang
$596
70 km or 43 mi Haiyang
$595
74 km or 46 mi Weihai
$491
77 km or 48 mi Zhaoyuan
$590
88 km or 54 mi Longkou
$598
88 km or 55 mi Laixi
$578
111 km or 69 mi Rongcheng
$551
120 km or 75 mi Laizhou
$559
135 km or 84 mi Pingdu
$545
162 km or 101 mi Qingdao
$649
171 km or 106 mi Dalian
$718
173 km or 107 mi Jiaozhou
$457
176 km or 109 mi Gaomi
$515
177 km or 110 mi Changyi
$510
207 km or 128 mi Weifang
$449
224 km or 139 mi Anqiu
$523
227 km or 141 mi Zhucheng
$541
232 km or 144 mi Shouguang
$573
247 km or 154 mi Dongying
$660
256 km or 159 mi Wafangdian
$607
259 km or 161 mi Qingzhou
$563
275 km or 171 mi Rizhao
$549
287 km or 179 mi Binzhou
$748
293 km or 182 mi Zibo
$554
294 km or 183 mi Zhuanghe
$559
318 km or 197 mi Qinhuangdao
$574
318 km or 198 mi Zouping
$566
343 km or 213 mi Luanzhou
$626
347 km or 215 mi Gaizhou
$532
348 km or 216 mi Laiwu
$564
352 km or 219 mi Xintai
$566
358 km or 223 mi Binhai
$656
359 km or 223 mi Laoling
$584
361 km or 224 mi Xingcheng
$578
362 km or 225 mi Huanghua
$630
364 km or 226 mi Lianyungang
$553
366 km or 227 mi Qian'an
$632
366 km or 227 mi Tangshan
$697