Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1475	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3516	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$792	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1397	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$447	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1122	$1115
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	73
😀 Quality of life	73	74
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 46% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4074th and 5531st ($1475 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 360th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mexico City compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 2482nd and 2040th 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	$11.6	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$4.18	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1061	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$634	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1959	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1139	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.6	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.41%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3972	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2110	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.49	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.82	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.98	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.81	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.43	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.2	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.4	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.59	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.5	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$492	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13182	$4242

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$977
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$832
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$914
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$932
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$994
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$897
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1034
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$763
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$971
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$973
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$980
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1255
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$960
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$924
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$817
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$916
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$935
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$952
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$852
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$673
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$974
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$920
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1005

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014