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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Fukuoka?

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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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. Acapulco 80, Fukuoka 50: Acapulco leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Fukuoka 60: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 69 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Fukuoka 58: Acapulco leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoFukuoka
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaJapanese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation18 m8 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoFukuoka
City population658,6091,603,043
People per km²3504,715
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.