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The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Salzburg 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 Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • 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. Salzburg 35, Sapporo 28: Salzburg leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Salzburg 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Salzburg 72, Sapporo 40: Salzburg leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Salzburg 25, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Salzburg and Sapporo are level on 86.
Day trips. Salzburg 80, Sapporo 64: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Salzburg 65, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Salzburg 72, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Salzburg 48, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Salzburg 32, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Salzburg 80, Sapporo 44: Salzburg leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Salzburg 55, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Salzburg and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Salzburg
58match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 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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SalzburgSapporo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSalzburgSapporo
Official languageGerman, Austrian Sign LanguageJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation424 m5 m
Main airportSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSalzburgSapporo
City population155,0211,959,313
People per km²2,3601,747
Museums within 10 km3833
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.