Albuquerque vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Albuquerque	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1985	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5283	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1143	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2593	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3905	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	27	72
😀 Quality of life	83	90
🏙️ Population	565K	1.06M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 88% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1874th and 5132nd ($1985 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1621st and 324th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Albuquerque ranked 115th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 428th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Sendai

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	Albuquerque	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.1	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.97	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.66	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$923	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2579	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2277	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2628	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2334	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.2	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.96	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.42	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.78	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.66	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.86	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$128	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.4	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1231	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6011	$5986

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2211
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2396
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2262
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2623
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1854
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1618
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1813
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1875
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2425
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1856
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2373
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1766
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$1896
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1717
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2319
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1957
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2417
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2413
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2073
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2509
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2315
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2524

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