Adelaide vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	50	73
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.96M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 64% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1894th and 4470th ($1978 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 39th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 46th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Sapporo

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	Adelaide	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$10781

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088