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Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Newport Beach 70, Sapporo 28: Newport Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Newport Beach 50, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Newport Beach 20, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Newport Beach 33, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Newport Beach 66, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Newport Beach 70, Sapporo 64: Newport Beach leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Newport Beach 80, Sapporo 72: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Newport Beach 20, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Newport Beach 62, Sapporo 58: Newport Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Newport Beach 15, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Newport Beach 46, Sapporo 44: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Newport Beach 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: Newport Beach and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Newport BeachSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNewport BeachSapporo
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-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNewport BeachSapporo
City population85,2391,959,313
People per km²6221,747
Museums within 10 km433
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.