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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Sapporo or Venice?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Venice 60: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Venice 94: Venice leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Venice 27: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Venice 45: Sapporo leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Venice 86: Venice leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Venice 45: Sapporo leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Venice 68: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Venice 57: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Venice 20: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Venice 62: Venice leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Venice 40: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Venice.

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 prices with your weighting.

Venice
55match

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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoVenice
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m2 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoVenice
City population1,959,313250,369
People per km²1,747602
Museums within 10 km3352
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 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. 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.