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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Cairo 10, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Sapporo 40: Cairo leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Sapporo 64: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo and Sapporo are level on 58.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Sapporo 60: Cairo leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Sapporo 44: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 65 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoSapporo
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation23 m5 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoSapporo
City population9,801,5361,959,313
People per km²18,5641,747
Museums within 10 km4833
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.