Sapporo vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Sapporo	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1173	$1217
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2927
🏠 One person rent	$526	$619
🏘️ Family rent	$901	$1159
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$396
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1651	$1017
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	73	49
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	1.96M	1.48M

The cost of living in Sapporo is 4% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 4509th and 4389th ($1173 vs $1217) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 10th 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 Zapopan. Sapporo ranked 9th best city to live in Japan vs Zapopan ranked 4th in Mexico, while ranked 170th and 5642nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sapporo vs Zapopan

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	Sapporo	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.3	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.4	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.51	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.36	$3.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$819
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$266	$451
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$714	$1657
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$185	$58.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$36.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.76%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2557	$4200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1835	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$23.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$14.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$2.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.24	$8.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.69	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.96	$4.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.19	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.52	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$52.3	$44.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$7.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$64.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$264	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10328	$5586

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1035
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$785
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$873
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$867
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$865
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$854
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$818
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$846
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$672
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$818
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$681
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$812
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1303
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$881
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$789
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$912
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$774
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$741
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$830
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$763
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1094
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$1076
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$707
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$812
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$630
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$774
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$765
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$682
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$784
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$984
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$996
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$900
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$915
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$793
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$994
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1185
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$781