Louisville vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$1450
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	73
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	246K	1.96M

The cost of living in Louisville is 51% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 2336th and 4470th ($1821 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Louisville ranked 78th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 299th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Sapporo

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	Louisville	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$10781

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

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