San Jose, United States vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	San Jose	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3810	$1055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8485	$2676
🏠 One person rent	$2688	$435
🏘️ Family rent	$4744	$823
🍽️ Food expenses	$759	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6191	$1888
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	92	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.06M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 261% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 8th and 5132nd ($3810 vs $1055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 324th 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 1.6 months in San Jose, United States compared to 1.8 months in Sendai. San Jose, United States ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 82nd and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in San Jose, United States vs Sendai

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	San Jose	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$100	$33.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.92	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.89	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2643	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2388	$285
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5083	$805
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4230	$606
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$96.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$274	$146
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.8	$31.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	3.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9512	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9578	$1285
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.5	$46.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$15.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.73	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.03	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$9.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$5.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$4.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$2.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$4.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$7.05	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$129	$52.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$149	$66.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.9	$14.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.6	$60.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.6	$52.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1805	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25839	$5986

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3362
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3419
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4167
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3287
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3131
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2828
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3448
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3295
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3159
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3752
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3187
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3060
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3286
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3326
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3002
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3649
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3412
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3344
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3448
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3006
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3096
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3437
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3657
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3466
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2811
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3059
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2747
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3678
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$3041
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$2963
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3269
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$3045
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3226
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3785
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3195
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3364
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2135
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3185
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$2968

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