How far is Sapporo from the sea?
Sapporo is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 14 km (8.7 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hokkaido, Japan.
To the coast
14 km
8.7 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
None
Japan has no land border
Setting
Near the coast
643rd farthest from the sea of 861 cities
SapporoNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the sea?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Sapporo at a glance
- Coordinates
- 43.0667° N, 141.3500° E
- Region
- Hokkaido, Japan
- Distance to the coast
- 14 km (8.7 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 43.1854° N, 141.2942° E (Hokkaido, Japan)
- Nearest land border
- None: Japan has no land border
- Among Japan's cities
- 3rd farthest from the sea of the 11 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Sapporo from the sea?
Sapporo is close to the sea: the nearest coastline is 14 km (8.7 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hokkaido, Japan.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 14 km (8.7 miles) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Sapporo from the nearest border?
Japan has no land border with another country, so the nearest foreign territory is across the sea.
Where in Sapporo is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (43.0667° N, 141.3500° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.