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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sapporo or Tallinn?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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 and Tallinn are level on 28.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Tallinn 52: Sapporo leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Tallinn 44: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Tallinn 55: Sapporo leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Tallinn 58: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Tallinn 60: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Tallinn 72: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Tallinn 40: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Tallinn 47: Sapporo leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Tallinn 50: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Sapporo
Best match
63match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoTallinn
Official languageJapaneseEstonian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m28 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoTallinn
City population1,959,313457,572
People per km²1,7472,871
Museums within 10 km3316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

Where else could you go?

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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.