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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo or Toronto?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Toronto 70: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo and Toronto are level on 62.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Toronto 52: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Toronto 50: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Toronto 65: Sapporo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Toronto 34: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Toronto 33: Sapporo leads by 47 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Toronto.

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.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SapporoToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoToronto
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation5 m76 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoToronto
City population1,959,3132,794,356
People per km²1,7474,434
Museums within 10 km3332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month1 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. 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.