Male vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$814	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	7	73
😀 Quality of life	62	87
🏙️ Population	133K	1.96M

The cost of living in Male is 8% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 4205th and 4470th ($1304 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 39th in Maldives and Japan, respectively. Check Maldives vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 4917th and 262nd 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	$5.5	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$10781

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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