Nashville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nashville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2477	$1010
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5858	$2419
🏠 One person rent	$1560	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$2701	$661
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$353
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4433	$1272
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	78	73
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	689K	1.06M

The cost of living in Nashville is 145% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 924th and 5585th ($2477 vs $1010) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 798th and 415th 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 1.3 months in Sendai. Nashville ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 169th in Japan, while ranked 281st and 2145th 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	$15.2	$5.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.6	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.05	$3.84
☕ Cappuccino	$6.59	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.93	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1694	$488
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1277	$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3027	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$89.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.7	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	2.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4118	$2579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2822	$1456
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.5	$53.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.4	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$3.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.23	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$8.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$7.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.49	$5.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.4	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.2	$9.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.4	$4.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.03	$4.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.1	$51.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$94.9	$63.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$13.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.1	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$40.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1416	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30241	$5002

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2519
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2338
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2319
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2314
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2822
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2257
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2278
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2229
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2366
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2035
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2023
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2085
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2210
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1815
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1885
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1817
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1852
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1937
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1924
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1425
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1718
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1586
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2090
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2109
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1745
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1703
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1766
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1895
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2080
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2073
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1808
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1355
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1593
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1339
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2070
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1904
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1581

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