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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Sapporo or Vienna?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Vienna for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Vienna 68: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Vienna 50: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Vienna 62: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Vienna 44: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Vienna 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 Vienna.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Sapporo
63match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoVienna
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoVienna
City population1,959,3132,028,289
People per km²1,7474,890
Museums within 10 km33152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 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. 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.