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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo or Tirana?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tirana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Tirana 57: Sapporo leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Tirana 58: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Tirana 62: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Sapporo and Tirana are level on 64.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Tirana 40: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Tirana 54: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Tirana 32: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Tirana 32: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Tirana 27: Sapporo leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Tirana.

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 families with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoTirana
Official languageJapaneseAlbanian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Lek (ALL)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m110 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoTirana
City population1,959,313389,323
People per km²1,7479,314
Museums within 10 km3311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 months

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.