Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$1026
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$2624
🏠 One person rent	$663	$402
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$2382
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	66	78
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 26% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4206th and 5135th ($1288 vs $1026) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 282nd 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 2.3 months in Sendai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sendai ranked 66th in Japan, while ranked 4184th and 603rd 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	$10.1	$5.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$31.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$4.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$259
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$783
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$133
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	2.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$2219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$1298
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$90.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$4.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$7.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$52.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$66.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$45.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$51.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$6030

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$941
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$940
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$943
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$947
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$946
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$949
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$953
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$954
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$959
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$965
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$963
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$963
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$949
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$972
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$944
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$957
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$957
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$961
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$966
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$982
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$952
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$939
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$983
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$988
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$956
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$977
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$991
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$965
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$966
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1000
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$954
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1009
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$939
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$955
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1011