Sapporo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$530	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$861
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	8
😀 Quality of life	87	59
🏙️ Population	1.96M	24.7K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 19% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 4470th and 3454th ($1204 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 1st in Japan and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Japan vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 262nd and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Victoria

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	Sapporo	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408