Jacksonville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jacksonville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5199	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1338	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2330	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3953	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	56	72
😀 Quality of life	89	90
🏙️ Population	950K	1.06M

The cost of living in Jacksonville is 108% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1415th and 5094th ($2222 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1218th and 139th 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 Jacksonville compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Jacksonville ranked 88th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 278th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jacksonville vs Sendai

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	Jacksonville	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.1	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.01	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1437	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1090	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2539	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1973	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3110	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2396	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.4	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.48	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.69	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.93	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.12	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.3	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$109	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$51	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.6	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1315	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11123	$5899

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Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2193
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2192
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2104
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2107
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2161
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$2335
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2099
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2190
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1919
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2160
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2282
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2247
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2358
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2294
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2296
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2335
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1482
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2152
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2255
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2304
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2336
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2321
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2358
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2351
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2320
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2378
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2357
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2344
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2317
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2433
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2473
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2220
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2057
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2290
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2664
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2579
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2254
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2265
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2128
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1806

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013