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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. London 25, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Sapporo 80: London leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Sapporo 40: London leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Sapporo 62: London leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Day trips. London 90, Sapporo 64: London leads by 26 points.
Good for families. London 82, Sapporo 72: London leads by 10 points.
Getting around. London 85, Sapporo 80: London leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Sapporo 58: London leads by 37 points.
Affordability. London 15, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Sapporo 44: London leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Sapporo.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sapporo
63match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonSapporo
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112 or 999Police 110, fire 119
Elevation4 m5 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonSapporo
City population8,799,7281,959,313
People per km²5,5981,747
Museums within 10 km21633
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.