Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1428	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3399	$2419
🏠 One person rent	$774	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$431	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1028	$1272
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	93	73
😀 Quality of life	72	74
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 41% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4274th and 5585th ($1428 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 415th in Mexico and Japan, respectively. Check Mexico vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.3 months in Sendai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 3354th and 2145th 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	$11.7	$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1035	$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1886	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3740	$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2224	$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.92	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.8	$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.3	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11420	$5002

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$940
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$941
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$942
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$941
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$942
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$945
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$944
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$947
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$950
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$949
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$953
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$965
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$966
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$970
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$970
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$943
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$982
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$948
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$958
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$948
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$976
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$991
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$958
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$941
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$993
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$926
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$942
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$954
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$961
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$997
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1014
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$975
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$968
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1016
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$961
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1022
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$983
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$999
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1022