Male vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$818	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$1641
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	74
😀 Quality of life	66	90
🏙️ Population	133K	1.96M

The cost of living in Male is 12% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 4439th and 4750th ($1320 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 38th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 5057th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sapporo

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	Male	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.55	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$10519

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068