VacationSelector
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Lisbon 50, Sapporo 28: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Sapporo 40: Lisbon leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Sapporo 62: Lisbon leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Sapporo 64: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Sapporo 58: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Sapporo 44: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 44 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Lisbon
65match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Sapporo
63match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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

-10°0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150JFMAMJJASOND
LisbonSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonSapporo
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation100 m5 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonSapporo
City population545,7961,959,313
People per km²5,4531,747
Museums within 10 km8033
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Lisbon or Sapporo somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.