Charlotte vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Charlotte	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5839	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1559	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2624	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$636	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4485	$1450
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	68	73
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	875K	1.96M

The cost of living in Charlotte is 110% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 761st and 4470th ($2528 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 705th and 39th 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 1.8 months in Charlotte compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Charlotte ranked 62nd best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 252nd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Charlotte vs Sapporo

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	Charlotte	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.6	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.56	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1601	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1337	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3268	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.54%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4188	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2832	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.61	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.9	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.8	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.74	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.9	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.65	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.14	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.26	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$124	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.8	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.3	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1337	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25956	$10781

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Cities near Charlotte

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Matthews	$2271
17 km or 11 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
20 km or 13 mi	Huntersville	$2188
23 km or 14 mi	Indian Trail	$2225
28 km or 18 mi	Cornelius	$2166
30 km or 18 mi	Concord	$2147
31 km or 19 mi	Gastonia	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
36 km or 22 mi	Rock Hill	$2177
38 km or 23 mi	Monroe	$2182
40 km or 25 mi	Mooresville	$2072
57 km or 35 mi	Lancaster	$2170
59 km or 37 mi	Salisbury	$2117
62 km or 39 mi	Statesville	$2090
63 km or 39 mi	Shelby	$1474
72 km or 45 mi	Hickory	$1851
94 km or 58 mi	Forest	$1951
101 km or 63 mi	Thomasville	$2058
104 km or 64 mi	Rockingham	$2136
104 km or 65 mi	Spartanburg	$1925
108 km or 67 mi	Asheboro	$2091
111 km or 69 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
113 km or 70 mi	High Point	$1934
120 km or 75 mi	Kernersville	$2169
130 km or 81 mi	Greer	$2292
132 km or 82 mi	Greensboro	$2011
138 km or 86 mi	Columbia	$1809
142 km or 88 mi	Mauldin	$2404
143 km or 89 mi	Lexington	$1929
147 km or 91 mi	Greenville	$2530
152 km or 94 mi	Florence	$1907
152 km or 95 mi	Sumter	$1902
154 km or 96 mi	Sanford	$2184
159 km or 99 mi	Burlington	$2144
160 km or 99 mi	Asheville	$2697
166 km or 103 mi	Greenwood	$2106
176 km or 109 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
179 km or 111 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
180 km or 112 mi	Lumberton	$2100
184 km or 114 mi	Anderson	$1888

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