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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Amsterdam 25, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Fukuoka 50: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Fukuoka 60: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Fukuoka 84: Amsterdam leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Fukuoka 82: Amsterdam leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Fukuoka 65: Amsterdam leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Fukuoka 45: Amsterdam leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamFukuoka
Official languageDutchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation-2 m8 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamFukuoka
City population921,4681,603,043
People per km²4,2084,715
Museums within 10 km10123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.