Calgary vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	53	72
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	1.31M	1.06M

The cost of living in Calgary is 97% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1646th and 5132nd ($2077 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 324th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 153rd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Sendai

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	Calgary	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$5986

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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