Hempstead vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	97	73
😀 Quality of life	79	87
🏙️ Population	793K	1.96M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 121% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 556th and 4470th ($2664 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th 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 Hempstead compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 636th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Sapporo

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	Hempstead	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$10781

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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