Sapporo vs Wellington - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sapporo	Wellington
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2904	$4240
🏠 One person rent	$530	$1109
🏘️ Family rent	$905	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$415	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$163	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1450	$2916
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	17
😀 Quality of life	87	85
🏙️ Population	1.96M	216K

The cost of living in Sapporo is 34% less expensive than in Wellington. Cities ranked 4470th and 2289th ($1204 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 4th in Japan and New Zealand, respectively. Check Japan vs New Zealand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Sapporo compared to 1.6 months in Wellington. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Wellington ranked 3rd in New Zealand, while ranked 262nd and 356th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Wellington

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	Sapporo	Wellington
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.41	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$67.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$9.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.85	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.65	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$451	$1097
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$938
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$723	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1752
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$88.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$51
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.84%	6.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2347	$6922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1657	$5940
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.65	$2.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$49.7	$99.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.25	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.36	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$6.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$10.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.76	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.57	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.72	$9.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.95	$23.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$4.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.51	$2.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.2	$68.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10781	$11415

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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 Wellington

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Lower Hutt	$1751
18 km or 11 mi	Porirua	$1607
29 km or 18 mi	Upper Hutt	$1676
46 km or 29 mi	Paraparaumu	$1560
73 km or 46 mi	Blenheim	$1248
81 km or 51 mi	Masterton	$1253
125 km or 78 mi	Palmerston North	$1444
129 km or 80 mi	Nelson	$1475
152 km or 95 mi	Whanganui	$1457
252 km or 157 mi	Hastings	$1144
255 km or 159 mi	New Plymouth	$1248
270 km or 168 mi	Napier	$1433
305 km or 190 mi	Christchurch	$1847
310 km or 192 mi	Taupo	$1418
372 km or 231 mi	Rotorua	$1182
392 km or 244 mi	Hamilton	$1506
402 km or 250 mi	Gisborne	$1524
418 km or 260 mi	Tauranga	$1652
450 km or 279 mi	Timaru	$1717
455 km or 283 mi	Pukekohe	$1493
479 km or 298 mi	Manukau	$1736
486 km or 302 mi	Waitakere	$1709
494 km or 307 mi	Auckland	$1968
521 km or 324 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1670
596 km or 371 mi	Wanaka	$1746
614 km or 382 mi	Dunedin	$1435
620 km or 385 mi	Whangarei	$1213
647 km or 402 mi	Queenstown	$1921
768 km or 477 mi	Invercargill	$1242
2223 km or 1381 mi	Wollongong	$1416
2226 km or 1383 mi	Dee Why	$2099
2227 km or 1384 mi	Sydney	$2539
2235 km or 1389 mi	Newcastle	$1448
2235 km or 1389 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
2246 km or 1395 mi	Parramatta	$2252
2254 km or 1401 mi	Noumea	$1652
2255 km or 1401 mi	Kellyville	$1824
2256 km or 1402 mi	Blacktown	$1584
2263 km or 1406 mi	Hobart	$2106
2266 km or 1408 mi	Dumbea	$1604