Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$603	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	67	90
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 10% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4604th and 5132nd ($1160 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 324th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 3470th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Sendai

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	Mexico City	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$5986

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

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