Columbus vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	73
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	906K	1.96M

The cost of living in Columbus is 78% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1476th and 4470th ($2145 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd 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 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 249th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Sapporo

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	Columbus	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$10781

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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