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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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. Berlin 38, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Fukuoka 50: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Fukuoka 60: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Berlin and Fukuoka are level on 82.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Fukuoka 65: Berlin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Fukuoka 45: Berlin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BerlinFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinFukuoka
Official languageGermanJapanese
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
Elevation34 m8 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinFukuoka
City population3,700,5771,603,043
People per km²4,1534,715
Museums within 10 km15723
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.