Sapporo vs Other Cities

Sapporo (Japan)	$24,568
Birmingham (UK)	$34,814
Beijing (China)	$27,850
Daegu (South Korea)	$19,499

Source

• Sapporo - Sapporo City: Sapporo Industrial Development Vision 2023
• Birmingham - Statista: Gross domestic product per capita of Birmingham and West Midlands metropolitan county 2022
• Beijing - Statista: Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) of Beijing, China from 2013 to 2023
• Daegu - Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS): Gross regional product, gross regional income, and personal income per capita by province

Sapporo (Japan)	1,969,912
Paris (France)	2,206,488
Brussels (Belgium)	2,132,178
Latvia	1,869,732

Source

• Sapporo - Sapporo City website: Sapporo City Statistics (2023 Edition) - Population
• Paris - Le Parisien: Paris perd ses habitants, la faute à la démographie et aux… meublés touristiques pour la Ville
• Brussels - Macrotrends: Bruxelles-Brussel, Belgium Metro Area Population 1950-2024
• Latvia - Worldometer: Latvia population

Sapporo (Japan)	1800 people per km2
Rome (Italy)	2232 people per km2
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)	1800 people per km2
Oslo (Norway)	1684 people per km2

Source: Versus.com: Population Density

Sapporo (Japan)	246th
San Diego (USA)	242nd
Rome (Italy)	259th
Helsinki (Finland)	263rd

Source: Economic Performance Index Ranking of 300 Largest Metropolitan Areas, Global Metro Monitor 2018

Sapporo (Japan)	¥324,367 ＄2,106 €2,027
Milan (Italy)	¥324,857 ＄2,109 €2,030
Warsaw (Poland)	¥293,363 ＄1,905 €1,834
Beijing (China)	¥271,156 ＄1,761 €1,695

Source

• Sapporo - Numbeo.com: Cost of Living in Sapporo
• Milan - Numbeo.com: Cost of Living in Milan
• Warsaw - Numbeo.com: Cost of Living in Warsaw
• Beijing - Numbeo.com: Cost of Living in Beijing

Sapporo	¥3,823 ＄25 €24 per sqm
Tokyo	¥6,891 ＄45 €43 per sqm
Fukuoka	¥4,697 ＄30 €29 per sqm
Osaka	¥4,284 ＄28 €27 per sqm

Source: Sanko Estate Office Rent Data 2024 (Mid-sized buildings and above)

Sapporo (Japan)	¥64,750 ＄420 €405
Shanghai (China)	¥145,519 ＄945 €909
Dusseldorf (Germany)	¥142,186 ＄923 €889
Seoul (South Korea)	¥125,449 ＄815 €784

Source: Numbeo.com: Prices by City of Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre (Rent Per Month)

Sapporo (Japan)	27
Rotterdam (Netherlands)	36
Oslo (Norway)	34
Vilnius (Lithuania)	30

Source

• Sapporo - Sapporo City Website: Art Museums & Museums, Archives, and Memorials
• Rotterdam - Rotterdam Tourist Information Website: Museums
• Oslo - Visit Norway: Museums in Oslo
• Vilnius - Go Vilnius: Museums

Sapporo (Japan)	2,861 / 5% of land area
Paris (France)	10% of land area
Melbourne (Australia)	9.3% of land area
Istanbul (Turkey)	2.2% of land area

Source

• Sapporo - Sapporo City Website: 2023 Facts & Figures
• Paris, Melbourne, Istanbul - World Cities Culture Forum: Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens

Sapporo (Japan)	4m79cm
Chamonix (France)	4m61cm
Syracuse (NY, USA)	4m5cm
Quebec City (Canada)	3m15cm

Source

• Sapporo - Sapporo City Official Website
• Chamonix - Onthesnow.com: Chamonix Historical Snowfall
• Syracuse - TSforecast.com: Seasonal Snowfall
• Quebec - Ville de Quebec: Weather

Sapporo	2.2%
Tokyo	47.2%
Osaka	30.1%
Fukuoka	6.2%

Source: Government of Japan: Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, The probability of an earthquake of magnitude 6 or greater occurring within the next 30 years

Hokkaido University (Sapporo, Japan)	72nd
Sheffield University (Sheffield, UK)	58th
Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)	77th
Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan)	95th

Source: Times Higher Education Impact Ranking: 2024 Top Universities pursuing SDGs

Hokkaido	304
Aomori	253
Kagoshima	157
Nagasaki	78

Source: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO): Wind power generation installed in Japan by prefecture (in order of number of wind turbines installed)

Hokkaido	9.3m/s
Scotland	9.8m/s
Netherlands	9.4m/s
Sweden	8.9m/s

Source: Global Wind Atlas, Average coastal wind speed