Gold Coast vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gold Coast	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2300	$1268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5003	$3058
🏠 One person rent	$1512	$558
🏘️ Family rent	$2405	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3406	$1540
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	49	73
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	608K	1.96M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 81% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1120th and 4398th ($2300 vs $1268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 31st in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Gold Coast ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Sapporo ranked 8th in Japan, while ranked 209th and 246th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Sapporo

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	Gold Coast	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.9	$9.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.57	$2.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.7	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1455	$478
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2455	$757
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2119	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.9	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.39%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9386	$2442
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4352	$1776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.05	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.3	$53.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$8.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.42	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$8.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.73	$7.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$4.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$3.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$2.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$3.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.11	$2.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.6	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.8	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$56.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1739	$282
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7508	$11313

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2491
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1877
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1925
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1754
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1289
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1615
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1833
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1815
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2286
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1997
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1732
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2801
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2472
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1674
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1500
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1532
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1748
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2393
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1746
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1303
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1816
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1800
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1123
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1119
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1119
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1117
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1116
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1099
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1064
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1119
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1012
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1119
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1118
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1126
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1001
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$976
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1013
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$981
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1082
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1127
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1126
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1020
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1033
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1163
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1025
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$989
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1121
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$993
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$1018
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$996
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1160
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$1000
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1021
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1103
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1101
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1120
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1122
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1125
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1122
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1122
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1124