Sapporo vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Sapporo	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1181	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2813	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$524	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$868	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$401	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1641	$3621
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	33
😀 Quality of life	90	82
🏙️ Population	1.96M	543K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 39% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 4750th and 2194th ($1181 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th and 1737th 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 1.4 months in Sapporo compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Sapporo ranked 6th best city to live in Japan vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 239th and 634th 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	$7.44	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.97	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.29	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.57	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$448	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$817	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$473	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$184	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$284	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2303	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1644	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.66	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.1	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.24	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.7	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.55	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.91	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.49	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.7	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$261	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10519	$15639

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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	$1051
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1051
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1047
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1049
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1041
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1043
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1042
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1041
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$1042
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$994
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$991
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$973
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$1032
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$1031
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$1035
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$1065
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1007
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$936
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$937
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$1014
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$1021
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$945
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$1010
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$1015
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$972
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$1002
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$991
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$995
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1064
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$994
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$1004
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1029
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1025
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1003
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1015
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1006
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1051
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1054
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1068

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245