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The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Sapporo or Warsaw?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Warsaw for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Warsaw 60: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Warsaw 47: Sapporo leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Warsaw 52: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Warsaw 62: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Warsaw 72: Sapporo leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Warsaw 55: Sapporo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Sapporo 60, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Warsaw 35: Sapporo leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Warsaw.

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.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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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SapporoWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoWarsaw
Official languageJapanesePolish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation5 m118 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoWarsaw
City population1,959,3131,862,402
People per km²1,7473,601
Museums within 10 km33117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.