Sapporo vs Shizuoka - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Shizuoka
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$2392
🏠 One person rent	$530	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$715
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$2528
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	73	52
😀 Quality of life	87	87
🏙️ Population	1.96M	686K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 29% more expensive than in Shizuoka. Cities ranked 4470th and 5882nd ($1204 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 732nd in Japan.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 2.7 months in Shizuoka. Ranked 9th vs 10th best cities to live in Japan, and 262nd vs 271st among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Shizuoka

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	Sapporo	Shizuoka
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$6.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$3.52
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$548
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$29.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$4676
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$3205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$1.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$20
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$1.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$9.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$3.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$92.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$39.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$41.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$8368

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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 Shizuoka

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.4 mi	Yaizu	$931
15 km or 9.3 mi	Fujieda	$940
24 km or 15 mi	Shimada	$961
26 km or 16 mi	Yoshida	$966
30 km or 19 mi	Makinohara	$969
34 km or 21 mi	Fuji	$1041
35 km or 22 mi	Fujinomiya	$1019
36 km or 23 mi	Kikugawa	$975
42 km or 26 mi	Kakegawa	$976
44 km or 27 mi	Omaezaki	$983
46 km or 28 mi	Numazu	$1042
49 km or 30 mi	Fukuroi	$971
49 km or 31 mi	Shimizu	$1028
50 km or 31 mi	Izunokuni	$1032
50 km or 31 mi	Nagaizumi	$1027
51 km or 32 mi	Mishima	$1034
51 km or 32 mi	Izu	$1035
53 km or 33 mi	Susono	$1034
53 km or 33 mi	Kannami	$1029
56 km or 35 mi	Iwata	$981
61 km or 38 mi	Shimoda	$1032
62 km or 39 mi	Gotemba	$1041
64 km or 40 mi	Atami	$1042
66 km or 41 mi	Ito	$1041
66 km or 41 mi	Hamamatsu	$1045
67 km or 42 mi	Fujikawaguchiko	$1049
69 km or 43 mi	Yugawara	$1039
69 km or 43 mi	Fujiyoshida	$1049
70 km or 44 mi	Chuo	$1081
71 km or 44 mi	Minami-Alps	$1080
74 km or 46 mi	Showa	$1095
76 km or 47 mi	Minamiashigara	$1034
77 km or 48 mi	Odawara	$1045
77 km or 48 mi	Kai	$1100
78 km or 49 mi	Fuefuki	$1065
79 km or 49 mi	Kofu	$1138
79 km or 49 mi	Iida	$1016
80 km or 50 mi	Tsuru	$1055
81 km or 50 mi	Shinshiro	$929
82 km or 51 mi	Nirasaki	$1083