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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Brussels 18, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Fukuoka 50: Brussels leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Brussels and Fukuoka are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Fukuoka 84: Brussels leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Fukuoka 45: Brussels leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 33, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brussels and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Brussels
58match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsFukuoka
Official languageFrench, German, DutchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation70 m8 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsFukuoka
City population195,5461,603,043
People per km²5,9084,715
Museums within 10 km10623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km102
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.