El Paso vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$980	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	79	90
🏙️ Population	679K	1.06M

The cost of living in El Paso is 72% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2363rd and 5132nd ($1813 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 1.8 months in El Paso compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 633rd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Sendai

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	El Paso	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$5986

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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