Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1331	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3182	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$721	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$1296	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$410	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.3	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$892	$1516
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	72	90
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 25% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4418th and 5094th ($1331 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 139th 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 1.4 months in Sendai. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 3317th and 242nd 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	$12	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.1	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$988	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$578	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1819	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1067	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.8	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.71%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3569	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2491	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.5	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.33	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.93	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.35	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.69	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.07	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.3	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.98	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.1	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.9	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$427	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11015	$5899

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030

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