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Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Nashville 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 Nashville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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. Nashville 14, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Nashville 62, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nashville 50, Sapporo 40: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Nashville 70, Sapporo 62: Nashville leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nashville 46, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Nashville 52, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Nashville 55, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Nashville 30, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Nashville 42, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Nashville 30, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nashville 82, Sapporo 44: Nashville leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nashville 20, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nashville and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Nashville
46match

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

Sapporo
Best match
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.

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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. Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNashvilleSapporo
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-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation182 m5 m
Main airportNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNashvilleSapporo
City population689,4471,959,313
People per km²5061,747
Museums within 10 km1233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.