VacationSelector
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sapporo or Zagreb?

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
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Sapporo 80, Zagreb 55: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Sapporo 40, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Sapporo 62, Zagreb 47: Sapporo leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sapporo 86, Zagreb 62: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Sapporo 64, Zagreb 60: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Sapporo 72, Zagreb 52: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Sapporo 80, Zagreb 70: Sapporo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Sapporo 58, Zagreb 40: Sapporo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Sapporo and Zagreb are level on 60.
Live music & performing arts. Sapporo 44, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sapporo 80, Zagreb 33: Sapporo leads by 47 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sapporo and Zagreb.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

-10°0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150JFMAMJJASOND
SapporoZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSapporoZagreb
Official languageJapaneseCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSapporoZagreb
City population1,959,313767,131
People per km²1,747-
Museums within 10 km3327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Sapporo or Zagreb somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.