Indianapolis vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Indianapolis	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2189	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5318	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1304	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2170	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4608	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	73
😀 Quality of life	89	87
🏙️ Population	888K	1.96M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 82% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1378th and 4470th ($2189 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1239th 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 2.1 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Indianapolis ranked 44th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 191st and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Sapporo

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	Indianapolis	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.1	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.95	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1424	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1026	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2421	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1776	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$194	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.6	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.64%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1949	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1579	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.09	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.38	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.75	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.52	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.45	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1868	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27149	$10781

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890

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