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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Sapporo or Strasbourg?

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 Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Strasbourg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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. Sapporo 28, Strasbourg 10: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Strasbourg 66: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Strasbourg 40: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Strasbourg 62: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Strasbourg 66: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Strasbourg 79: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Strasbourg 52: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Strasbourg 44: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Strasbourg 55: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Strasbourg.

Your match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SapporoStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoStrasbourg
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m132 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoStrasbourg
City population1,959,313293,771
People per km²1,7473,752
Museums within 10 km3321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.