Albuquerque vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2419
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$1272
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	27	73
😀 Quality of life	83	74
🏙️ Population	565K	1.06M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 101% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1965th and 5585th ($2026 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 415th 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 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.3 months in Sendai. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 561st and 2145th 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	$19	$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$5002

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2220
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2418
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2190
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2472
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1928
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1724
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1828
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1876
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2140
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1924
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2323
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1817
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2357
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2451
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2023
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1934
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2168
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2444
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2510
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1930
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2600
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2381
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2298
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2524
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2286
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2471

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