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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Sapporo or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, The Hague 48: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, The Hague 38: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, The Hague 52: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Sapporo and The Hague are level on 72.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, The Hague 78: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, The Hague 55: Sapporo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, The Hague 35: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, The Hague 45: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoThe Hague
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m1 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoThe Hague
City population1,959,313548,320
People per km²1,7475,589
Museums within 10 km3354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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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.