Arlington vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1121
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2679
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$482
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$785
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$1657
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	75
😀 Quality of life	78	75
🏙️ Population	394K	1.96M

The cost of living in Arlington is 70% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2397th and 4988th ($1907 vs $1121) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 79th in the United States and Japan, respectively. Check the United States vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Sapporo. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 110th in Japan, while ranked 894th and 1640th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Sapporo

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	Arlington	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$6.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$26.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$3.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$248
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$703
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$442
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$161
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	2.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$2308
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1648
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$53.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$5.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$9.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$3.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$4.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$3.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$7.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$48.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$48.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$10501

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1004
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1005
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1005
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1005
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1005
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1005
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1001
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1004
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1019
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1004
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$982
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$978
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$957
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1002
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1004
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1002
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1040
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1001
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$933
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$927
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$998
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1006
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$936
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$996
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$990
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$969
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$986
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$986
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$982
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1067
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$982
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$986
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1029
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1009
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1016
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1007
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1057
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1070