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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Bangkok 12, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Fukuoka 82: Bangkok leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Fukuoka 50: Bangkok leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Fukuoka 60: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Fukuoka 65: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Fukuoka 58: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Fukuoka 45: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Fukuoka 60: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bangkok
63match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokFukuoka
Official languageThaiJapanese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m8 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokFukuoka
City population5,676,6481,603,043
People per km²3,6194,715
Museums within 10 km5923
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.