Oklahoma City vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1931	$1007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4731	$2414
🏠 One person rent	$1062	$414
🏘️ Family rent	$1747	$669
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$354
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$141
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3751	$1115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	71	73
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	681K	1.06M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 92% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 2243rd and 5531st ($1931 vs $1007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1701st and 360th 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 1.9 months in Oklahoma City compared to 1.1 months in Sendai. Oklahoma City ranked 77th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 228th in Japan, while ranked 277th and 2040th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Oklahoma City	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.7	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.06	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1018	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$799	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$705
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$476
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$75.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	2.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2449	$2654
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1707	$1391
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$48
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$3.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.35	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$8.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$3.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$4.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$4.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.66	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$49.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.5	$61.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$42.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$37.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23633	$4242

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1952
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1942
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2008
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1871
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1924
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1702
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2085
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1885
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1830
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1809
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1843
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1634
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1901
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1449
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1896
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1902
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1902
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1904
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1836
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1853
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1537
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1515
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1833
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2188
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2210
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1859
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1968
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2205
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2209
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2276
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2397
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$1949
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2220
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2062
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2268
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2155
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2042
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2168

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$935
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$934
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$936
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$939
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$936
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$937
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$943
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$937
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$943
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$938
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$941
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$957
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$960
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$964
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$964
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$924
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$975
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$928
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$944
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$924
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$949
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$954
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$980
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$933
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$919
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$982
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$904
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$914
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$932
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$935
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$974
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$994
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$950
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$942
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1004
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$932
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1007
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$956
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$978
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1014