New Orleans vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New Orleans	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2222	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5396	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$1281	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$2321	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$685	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$82	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3816	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	85	73
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	384K	1.96M

The cost of living in New Orleans is 85% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1304th and 4470th ($2222 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1179th 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 1.7 months in New Orleans compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. New Orleans ranked 67th best city to live in the United States vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 264th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in New Orleans vs Sapporo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/new-orleans/sapporo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in New Orleans vs Sapporo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/new-orleans/sapporo" target="_blank">New Orleans vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in New Orleans vs Sapporo

Prices for goods and services in New Orleans and Sapporo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	New Orleans	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$24	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$98.3	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$5.27	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1460	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$987	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2636	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1899	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.69%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2606	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2090	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.9	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.47	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.09	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.6	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.78	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.2	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.29	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.4	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61.4	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$142	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.3	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.3	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1564	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10189	$10781

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near New Orleans

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kenner	$2114
46 km or 29 mi	Slidell	$1974
46 km or 29 mi	Mandeville	$1726
72 km or 45 mi	Hammond	$2003
74 km or 46 mi	Houma	$1767
109 km or 68 mi	Gulfport	$1583
112 km or 70 mi	Morgan	$2174
114 km or 71 mi	Central	$2050
119 km or 74 mi	Baton Rouge	$2015
121 km or 75 mi	Biloxi	$1781
154 km or 96 mi	Pascagoula	$1828
168 km or 104 mi	New Iberia	$2119
168 km or 105 mi	Hattiesburg	$1709
189 km or 118 mi	Lafayette	$1807
203 km or 126 mi	Opelousas	$1941
209 km or 130 mi	Prichard	$1895
212 km or 132 mi	Mobile	$1825
213 km or 133 mi	Laurel	$1868
218 km or 135 mi	Natchez	$1958
223 km or 139 mi	Daphne	$1894
235 km or 146 mi	Foley	$1874
258 km or 160 mi	Pearl	$2083
259 km or 161 mi	Brandon	$2252
261 km or 162 mi	Jackson	$1954
266 km or 166 mi	Clinton	$2046
272 km or 169 mi	Alexandria	$1772
274 km or 170 mi	Ridgeland	$2072
276 km or 171 mi	Vicksburg	$2037
278 km or 173 mi	Madison	$2092
281 km or 175 mi	Pensacola	$2213
299 km or 186 mi	Meridian	$2020
303 km or 188 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
318 km or 198 mi	Sulphur	$2037
336 km or 209 mi	Fort Walton Beach	$1979
344 km or 214 mi	Monroe	$1581
348 km or 216 mi	Crestview	$1923
373 km or 231 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
376 km or 234 mi	Ruston	$1805
390 km or 243 mi	Beaumont	$1673
394 km or 245 mi	Greenville	$1989

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