Nashville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	78	72
😀 Quality of life	88	90
🏙️ Population	689K	1.06M

The cost of living in Nashville is 138% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 790th and 5132nd ($2508 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 324th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 244th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Sendai

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	Nashville	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$5986

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494

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