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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Budapest 25, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Fukuoka 50: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Fukuoka 60: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Fukuoka 58: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Fukuoka 45: Budapest leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Fukuoka 60: Budapest leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest 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

Budapest
67match

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

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on beaches 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.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestFukuoka
Official languageHungarianJapanese
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m8 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestFukuoka
City population1,675,7771,603,043
People per km²3,1914,715
Museums within 10 km8123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.