Sapporo
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About
Sapporo is a designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It is the fifth-most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center.
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The next week in Sapporo
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
22° / 9°
UV High
Sun
Overcast
16° / 11°
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
17° / 10°
UV High
Tue
Rain
17° / 11°
4.7 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
16° / 10°
3.6 mm
UV High
Thu
Overcast
20° / 9°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
28° / -3°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.6h
04:11 – 18:49local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Sapporo
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Sapporo Okadama Airport (OKD) at 7 km.
Getting around Sapporo
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
夕鉄バス北海道中央バス沿岸バス北海道中央バス網走バスＪＲ北海道バス道北バス宗谷バス北海道バス北都交通じょうてつ札幌ばんけい道南バス株式会社北海道拓殖バス株式会社(他社共同運行路線)B Metro根室交通株式会社Hokkaido Takusyoku Bus Co., Ltd
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Lexicon.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.