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

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Jose	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3952	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$8290	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$2795	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$4452	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$775	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5915	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	87	72
😀 Quality of life	93	90
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.06M

The cost of living in San Jose, United States is 270% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 6th and 5094th ($3952 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 1.5 months in San Jose, United States compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. San Jose, United States ranked 21st best city to live in the United States vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 88th and 242nd 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	$20.4	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$99.1	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.08	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.45	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2999	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2438	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4520	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4008	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.45%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10416	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9325	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.7	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.39	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.6	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.06	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.5	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.98	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.98	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$113	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$176	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$21	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.4	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.7	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1874	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22302	$5899

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Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254

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