Birmingham vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Birmingham	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1951	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4641	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1137	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1834	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$481	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$175	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3011	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	96	73
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	1.14M	1.96M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 62% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1973rd and 4470th ($1951 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 86th and 39th in the United Kingdom and Japan, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Birmingham compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Birmingham ranked 4th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 35th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Birmingham vs Sapporo

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	Birmingham	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.87	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.15	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.15	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$872	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2013	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1380	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$292	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.86%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4882	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3808	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.5	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.1	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.51	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.12	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.2	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.4	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.98	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1512	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18058	$10781

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1819
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1824
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1740
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1717
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1743
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1732
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1731
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1718
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1608
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1737
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1736
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$1903
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1452
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2009
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1663
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1569
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1750
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1450
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1600
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1805
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1727
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1759
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1693
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1591
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1790
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1686
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1623
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1814
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1820
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1748

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