Sapporo vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sapporo	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1173	$1184
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$526	$508
🏘️ Family rent	$901	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$944
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	73	22
😀 Quality of life	89	57
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.96M

The cost of living in Sapporo is 0.9% less expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 4509th and 4480th ($1173 vs $1184) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 12th in Japan and Mexico, respectively. Check Japan vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Sapporo compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Tijuana ranked 8th in Mexico, while ranked 170th and 5782nd 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	$9.3	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.4	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$9.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$1219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$729
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.76%	11.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2557	$3013
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1835	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$40.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.24	$7.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$7.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$3.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$46.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$4.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$49.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.3	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10328	$4103

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Cities near Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1050
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1052
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1048
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1050
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1046
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1043
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1033
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1003
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1056
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$958
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1058
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1062
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1069
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$953
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$929
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$959
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$943
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1034
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1086
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1086
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$986
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$999
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1125
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$994
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$947
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1090
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$955
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$992
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$967
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1164
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$973
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$972
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1093
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1085
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1085
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1090
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1081
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1111
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1106
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1117

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2907
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3051
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3427
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2868
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2910
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2788
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2867
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2784
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2879
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2884
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2722
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2732
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3094
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$1027
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2597
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$3070
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3155
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2684
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2803
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2751
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2637
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2879
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2687
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2684