Mexico City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$1111
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$611	$459
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$861
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$2543
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.06M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 7% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4630th and 4890th ($1190 vs $1111) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 142nd 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 6th in Japan, while ranked 3360th and 91st 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	$10.3	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$415
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$852
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$628
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$2390
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$1362
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$49.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$9.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$7.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$5.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$8.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$69.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$54.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$6369

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057