Sendai vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sendai	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1069	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$460	$568
🏘️ Family rent	$750	$1004
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$397
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$988
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	90	63
🏙️ Population	1.06M	1.96M

The cost of living in Sendai is 12% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5094th and 4681st ($1069 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 139th and 9th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sendai compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 5th in Mexico, while ranked 242nd and 5591st 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	$6.27	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$31.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.84	$4.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.54	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$674
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$467
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$798	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$27.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.98%	12.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$3040
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$2330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$44.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$6.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$8.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.63	$4.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$42.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$5.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$44.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.5	$90.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5899	$4593

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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

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3013
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3195
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3469
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2943
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2988
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2887
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2996
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2922
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3066
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3215
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2931
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2930
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3274
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$903
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2681
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2967
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3049
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2715
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2776
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2994
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2626
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2742
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2751
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2642