Ottawa vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ottawa	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2055	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4624	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$1940	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3115	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	72
😀 Quality of life	90	90
🏙️ Population	1.02M	1.06M

The cost of living in Ottawa is 95% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 1701st and 5132nd ($2055 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 324th in Canada and Japan, respectively. Check Canada vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Ottawa compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. Ottawa ranked 9th best city to live in Canada vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 162nd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ottawa vs Sendai

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	Ottawa	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.6	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.54	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.97	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1214	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2032	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1649	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.14%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4939	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4597	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.38	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.53	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.47	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.31	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.15	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.46	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.8	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$942	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19030	$5986

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Cities near Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800

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