New York City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	98	90
🏙️ Population	8.8M	1.06M

The cost of living in New York City is 293% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 4th and 5094th ($4203 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 11th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Sendai

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	New York City	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$5899

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

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