Edmonton vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$948	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	63	72
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.06M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 68% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2475th and 5132nd ($1769 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 324th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 181st and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Sendai

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	Edmonton	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$5986

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

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