Nashville vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$1450
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	78	73
😀 Quality of life	88	87
🏙️ Population	689K	1.96M

The cost of living in Nashville is 108% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 790th and 4470th ($2508 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd 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 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 244th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nashville vs Sapporo

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	Nashville	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$10781

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494

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