Sendai vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sendai	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1069	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$460	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$750	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$122	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1516	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	33
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	1.06M	543K

The cost of living in Sendai is 45% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 5094th and 2194th ($1069 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 139th and 1737th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sendai compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Sendai ranked 7th best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 242nd and 634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sendai vs Tucson

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	Sendai	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.27	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.59	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.32	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.84	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.54	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$497	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$798	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$503	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$155	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.2	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.98%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2230	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1261	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.4	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.15	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.54	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.49	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.63	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.32	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.3	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.8	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$48.5	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$303	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5899	$15639

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245