Arlington vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$1641
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	74
😀 Quality of life	77	90
🏙️ Population	394K	1.96M

The cost of living in Arlington is 57% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2476th and 4750th ($1856 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 38th 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 1375th and 239th 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	$15.6	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$10519

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068