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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Miami 90, Sapporo 28: Miami leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Sapporo 40: Miami leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Sapporo 62: Miami leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Sapporo 58: Miami leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Sapporo 44: Miami leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiSapporo
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m5 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiSapporo
City population442,2411,959,313
People per km²3,0461,747
Museums within 10 km1733
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.