Sendai vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sendai	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1055	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2676	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$435	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$823	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1888	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	90	58
🏙️ Population	1.06M	1.96M

The cost of living in Sendai is 0.7% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 5132nd and 5176th ($1055 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 324th and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Sendai compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 156th and 5576th 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	$6.36	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.7	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.66	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$805	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$606	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.01%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1285	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.8	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.14	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.26	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.31	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.73	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.73	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.4	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.2	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5986	$2569

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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

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677