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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo or Tunis?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Tunis 60: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Tunis 33: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Tunis 45: Sapporo leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Tunis 38: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Tunis 48: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Tunis 50: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Tunis 38: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Tunis 58: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Tunis.

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 families with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoTunis
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation5 m4 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoTunis
City population1,959,313602,560
People per km²1,7472,834
Museums within 10 km3316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 months

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.