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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Sapporo?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Sapporo 28: Acapulco leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Sapporo 62: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Sapporo 60: Acapulco leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Sapporo.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoSapporo
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation18 m5 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoSapporo
City population658,6091,959,313
People per km²3501,747
Museums within 10 km333
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.