Edinburgh vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	73
😀 Quality of life	94	87
🏙️ Population	488K	1.96M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 78% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1491st and 4470th ($2140 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th 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 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 34th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Sapporo

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	Edinburgh	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$10781

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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