El Paso vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	El Paso	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1813	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4267	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$980	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1800	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3350	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	73
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	679K	1.96M

The cost of living in El Paso is 51% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2363rd and 4470th ($1813 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1931st 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 El Paso compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. El Paso ranked 179th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 633rd and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in El Paso vs Sapporo

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	El Paso	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.96	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$921	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1644	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.2	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1815	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1759	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.51	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.38	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.21	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.13	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.01	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.95	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.2	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.2	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.7	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.4	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$578	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6903	$10781

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Cities near El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353

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