Arlington vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Arlington	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1913	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4719	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1108	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1925	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$91.3	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3749	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	394K	1.06M

The cost of living in Arlington is 90% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2324th and 5531st ($1913 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1747th and 360th 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 Arlington compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Arlington ranked 262nd best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 895th and 2040th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.12	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1230	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$868	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2162	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1579	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.1	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.19%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.98	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.28	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.64	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.5	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.2	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.5	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1486	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21592	$4242

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2117
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2316
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2128
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2122
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2111
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2147
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2142
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2086
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2129
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2259
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2170
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2183
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2137
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2042
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2164
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2110
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2182
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2206
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2151
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2120
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2472
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2156
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2193
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2202
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2168
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2062
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2174
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2205
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2220
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2096
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2205
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2104
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2155
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2209
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2397

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014