Sapporo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$4315
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	100
😀 Quality of life	87	100
🏙️ Population	1.96M	4.84M

The cost of living in Sapporo is 53% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4470th and 745th ($1204 vs $2539) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in Japan and Australia, respectively. Check Japan vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 1.7 months in Sydney. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 262nd and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Sydney

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	Sapporo	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683