Perth vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Perth	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5128	$2813
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$524
🏘️ Family rent	$2096	$868
🍽️ Food expenses	$545	$401
🚐 Transport expenses	$216	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3927	$1641
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	93	74
😀 Quality of life	98	90
🏙️ Population	2.14M	1.96M

The cost of living in Perth is 98% more expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 1191st and 4750th ($2338 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 38th in Australia and Japan, respectively. Check Australia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.4 months in Sapporo. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Sapporo ranked 6th in Japan, while ranked 12th and 239th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Sapporo

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	Perth	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$4.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.17	$3.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$3.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.62	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1454	$448
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2492	$817
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.1	$184
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$146	$284
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.8	$41
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5455	$2303
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4695	$1644
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.23	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77	$49.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.31	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$6.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$3.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.88	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.5	$2.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$51.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$12.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58	$26
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.6	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.4	$39.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1856	$261
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13377	$10519

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1701
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2051
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1853
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$1857
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1490
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$1911
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2117
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1771
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$531
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$489
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$402
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$834
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1134
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1464
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$588
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1362
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$1647
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2058
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$440
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$384
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1738
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1673
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1768
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$409
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$470
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$447
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$457
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2308
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1681
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$512
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1728
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$513
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$456
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$413
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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