Sendai vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sendai	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1111	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$2567
🏠 One person rent	$459	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$861	$902
🍽️ Food expenses	$400	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2543	$856
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	92	58
🏙️ Population	1.06M	1.96M

The cost of living in Sendai is 6% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4890th and 5280th ($1111 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 142nd and 11th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Sendai compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Sendai ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 91st and 5480th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Tijuana

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	Sendai	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.64	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$8.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$3.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.97	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.6	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$301	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$852	$1127
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$628	$741
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$36.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$56.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.9	$27.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.98%	11.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2390	$2860
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1362	$1715
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.5	$29.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.41	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.71	$6.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$6.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.56
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$3.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.38	$2.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.2	$38.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69.2	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.9	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$320	$185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6369	$2656

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Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$1026
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$1030
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$1029
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$1026
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$1027
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$1027
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$1029
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1019
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$1022
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$1016
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$1015
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$1031
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$1034
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$1035
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$1035
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$1004
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1041
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$998
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$1008
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$1002
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$1016
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$1021
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1045
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$1004
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$988
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1042
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$989
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$1012
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$1000
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$1007
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$1027
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1048
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$1015
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$1011
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1052
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1000
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1053
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$1017
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$1022
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1057

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2786
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2893
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$922
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2877
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$922
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$2973
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2783
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3346
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2775
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2936
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2799
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2821
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2765
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2853
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2795
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2718
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$2997
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2783
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$2926
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$912
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2767
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2579
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2886
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3006
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2650
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2717
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2828
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2842
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3001
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2587
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2928
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2654
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3444
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2950
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3035
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2789
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3330
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3047
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2653
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2644