Sapporo vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$796
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$1933
🏠 One person rent	$530	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$794
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	73	47
😀 Quality of life	87	62
🏙️ Population	1.96M	276K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 51% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 4470th and 6461st ($1204 vs $796) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 2nd in Japan and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Japan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 1 months in Sarajevo. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 262nd and 4897th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Sarajevo

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	Sapporo	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$26.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$7.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$22.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	3.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$3005
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$1953
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$7.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$6.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$28.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$3.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$86.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$2856

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$559
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$636
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$603
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$661
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$776
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1070
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1227
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$803
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1187
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$759
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1150
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1337
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1070
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$816
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1266
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$558
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$975
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1274
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1117
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$659
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1030
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$958
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1012
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1160
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$807
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1053
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$972
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$679
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$965
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$463
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$556
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1122
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$595
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$692
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$768