Sendai vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1111
$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2813
$1767
🏠 One person rent
$459
$347
🏘️ Family rent
$861
$703
🍽️ Food expenses
$400
$227
🚐 Transport expenses
$130
$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2543
$601
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
73
46
😀 Quality of life
92
60
🏙️ Population
1.06M
1.47M

The cost of living in Sendai is 58% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4890th and 6924th ($1111 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 142nd and 16th in Japan and Russia, respectively. Check Japan vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Sendai compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Sendai ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 91st and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Sendai Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$6.64
$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$35
$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.89
$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.51
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$3.97
$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.6
$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$415
$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$301
$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$852
$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$628
$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$102
$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$155
$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.9
$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.98%
12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2390
$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1362
$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.76
$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$49.5
$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16.9
$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.14
$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.45
$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.41
$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.31
$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.85
$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.71
$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.68
$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.2
$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.56
$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.26
$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.07
$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.75
$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.62
$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.05
$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.6
$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.36
$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.38
$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.12
$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.93
$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$11.6
$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.83
$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.37
$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.38
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$55.2
$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$13.5
$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$69.2
$17
💇 Haircut, simple
$14.5
$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans
$63.3
$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers
$54.9
$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$320
$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$6369
$4718

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Distance City Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi Natori
$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi Rifu
$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi Tagajo
$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi Tomiya
$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi Shiogama
$1027
18 km or 11 mi Iwanuma
$1027
20 km or 12 mi Taiwa
$1029
25 km or 16 mi Shibata
$1019
26 km or 16 mi Watari
$1022
27 km or 17 mi Ogawara
$1016
33 km or 21 mi Kakuda
$1015
34 km or 21 mi Kami
$1031
35 km or 21 mi Higashimatsushima
$1034
35 km or 22 mi Misato
$1035
35 km or 22 mi Osaki
$1035
37 km or 23 mi Shiroishi
$1004
42 km or 26 mi Ishinomaki
$1041
44 km or 27 mi Tendo
$998
45 km or 28 mi Higashine
$1008
47 km or 29 mi Yamagata
$1002
49 km or 30 mi Murayama
$1016
53 km or 33 mi Soma
$1021
53 km or 33 mi Kurihara
$1045
53 km or 33 mi Sagae
$1004
54 km or 34 mi Kaminoyama
$988
55 km or 34 mi Tome
$1042
57 km or 35 mi Date
$989
66 km or 41 mi Fukushima
$1012
66 km or 41 mi Takahata
$1000
67 km or 42 mi Nan'yo
$1007
70 km or 44 mi Minamisoma
$1027
74 km or 46 mi Shinjo
$1048
75 km or 46 mi Nagai
$1015
77 km or 48 mi Yonezawa
$1011
77 km or 48 mi Ichinoseki
$1052
85 km or 53 mi Nihonmatsu
$1000
94 km or 58 mi Kesennuma
$1053
94 km or 58 mi Motomiya
$1017
96 km or 59 mi Tamura
$1022
100 km or 62 mi Oshu
$1057

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$586
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$585
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$537
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$539
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$523
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$531
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$559
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$698
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$490
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$567
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$473
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$782
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$620
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$422
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$484
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$556
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$536
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$540
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$575
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$451
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$503
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$463
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$630
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$654
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$533
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$480
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$509
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$589
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$513
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$484
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$541
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$406
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$530
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$522
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$612
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$780
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$562
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$376
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$639
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$628