Sendai vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

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Sendai Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1010
$511
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2419
$1473
🏠 One person rent
$416
$191
🏘️ Family rent
$661
$327
🍽️ Food expenses
$353
$193
🚐 Transport expenses
$137
$60.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$1272
$664
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Bad
✈️ Airport proximity
15 km
14 km
🎓 Higher education
73
68
😀 Quality of life
74
68
🏙️ Population
1.06M
12.6M

The cost of living in Sendai is 98% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5585th and 8643rd ($1010 vs $511) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 415th and 498th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Sendai ranked 169th best city to live in Japan vs Zhengzhou ranked 37th in China, while ranked 2145th and 4641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Zhengzhou

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Sendai Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$5.58
$2.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$4.34
$4.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.84
$0.86
 Cappuccino
$3.85
$2.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$1.77
$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$488
$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$246
$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$723
$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$433
$242
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$89.3
$41
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$137
$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$32.4
$9.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
2.75%
3.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2579
$2933
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1456
$1502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.65
$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$53.8
$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18
$3.75
 Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.06
$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.46
$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$1.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.3
$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.74
$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.08
$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.34
$2.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$7.8
$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.4
$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.37
$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.45
$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$3.11
$1.01
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.08
$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.65
$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.51
$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.23
$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$9.09
$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.76
$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack
$4.27
$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$10.5
$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.44
$3.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.26
$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.28
$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$51.3
$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$10.5
$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$63.9
$14
💇 Haircut, simple
$13.7
$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans
$50
$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers
$40.8
$67.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$256
$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$5002
$21713

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance City Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi Xingyang
$516
35 km or 22 mi Xinmi
$516
40 km or 25 mi Xinzheng
$518
60 km or 37 mi Changge
$509
62 km or 38 mi Gongyi
$516
62 km or 39 mi Kaifeng
$483
64 km or 40 mi Xinxiang
$489
66 km or 41 mi Jiaozuo
$489
66 km or 41 mi Dengfeng
$518
69 km or 43 mi Yuzhou
$520
77 km or 48 mi Qinyang
$507
80 km or 50 mi Huixian
$506
81 km or 50 mi Yanshi
$514
81 km or 51 mi Weihui
$498
82 km or 51 mi Xuchang
$491
82 km or 51 mi Mengzhou
$506
99 km or 61 mi Ruzhou
$523
105 km or 65 mi Jiyuan
$518
111 km or 69 mi Changyuan
$569
111 km or 69 mi Jincheng
$534
113 km or 70 mi Luoyang
$525
118 km or 73 mi Pingdingshan
$542
125 km or 78 mi Hebi
$531
134 km or 83 mi Luohe
$543
134 km or 83 mi Gaoping
$541
147 km or 91 mi Linzhou
$531
154 km or 96 mi Zhoukou
$598
162 km or 101 mi Anyang
$492
162 km or 101 mi Wugang
$526
168 km or 104 mi Puyang
$583
169 km or 105 mi Changzhi
$659
170 km or 106 mi Heze
$803
185 km or 115 mi Xiangcheng
$572
185 km or 115 mi Shangqiu
$602
200 km or 124 mi Zhumadian
$596
220 km or 137 mi Handan
$545
221 km or 137 mi Nanyang
$578
221 km or 138 mi Wu'an
$540
225 km or 140 mi Sanmenxia
$529
228 km or 142 mi Jieshou
$556