Nashville vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Nashville	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2524	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5942	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1595	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2783	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4436	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	78	72
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	689K	1.06M

The cost of living in Nashville is 136% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 832nd and 5094th ($2524 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 741st and 139th 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 1.4 months in Sendai. Nashville ranked 65th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 218th and 242nd 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	$15.4	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.67	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.26	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1625	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1357	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2958	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2433	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.6	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.4%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3558	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3104	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.4	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.51	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.17	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.28	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.62	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.77	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.3	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1244	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30339	$5899

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508

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