Mississauga vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mississauga	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2370	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4796	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1614	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2550	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$514	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3215	$1888
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	92	72
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	718K	1.06M

The cost of living in Mississauga is 125% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1006th and 5132nd ($2370 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 324th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Mississauga compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Mississauga ranked 4th best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 89th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mississauga vs Sendai

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	Mississauga	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.3	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1607	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1420	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2541	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8197	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.1	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$498	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10536	$5986

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Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$986
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$984
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$984
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$984
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$985
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$988
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$990
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$988
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$991
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$986
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$992
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1001
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1002
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$984
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1013
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$973
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$983
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$988
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1009
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1018
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$980
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1021
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$985
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1008
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$987
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$986
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1024
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1022
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$997
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1028
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1035
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1016
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1029
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1034