Sapporo vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$1047
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$2573
🏠 One person rent	$530	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$898
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$355
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$822
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	87	58
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.96M

The cost of living in Sapporo is 15% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4470th and 5176th ($1204 vs $1047) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 262nd and 5576th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Tijuana

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	Sapporo	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.13
🥤 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	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$1158
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$737
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	11.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$3302
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$2141
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$32
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$20.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$7.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$5.98
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$3.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$37.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$72.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$2569

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2911
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$3017
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$912
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2962
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$910
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3065
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2914
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3428
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2916
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3043
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2898
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2964
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2930
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3124
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3279
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2917
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3273
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2834
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3199
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$880
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2907
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2637
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2945
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3109
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2732
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2763
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2936
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2950
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3188
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2578
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2996
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2694
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3496
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2971
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3082
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2764
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3326
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$3020
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2698
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2677