Sapporo vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$4600
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1171
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$2026
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$3578
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	34
😀 Quality of life	87	80
🏙️ Population	1.96M	543K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 38% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 4470th and 1962nd ($1204 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1679th in Japan and the United States, respectively. Check Japan vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 1.8 months in Tucson. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 156th in the United States, while ranked 262nd and 561st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Tucson

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	Sapporo	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$65.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$919
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$2008
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$71.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$2596
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$3.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$4.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$9.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$93.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$49.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$1084
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$15495

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2073
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2077
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$830
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2319
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2281
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2306
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2417
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2413
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2423
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2524
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2395
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2525
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2468
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1979
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2342
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2388
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2304
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$788
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2328
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2466
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2543
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$814
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1815
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$823
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1947
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2763
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2262