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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • beaches
  • families
  • 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. Chengdu 5, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Fukuoka 82: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Fukuoka 50: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Fukuoka 60: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Fukuoka 62: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Fukuoka 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Fukuoka 45: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu 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

Chengdu
63match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduFukuoka
Official languagePutonghuaJapanese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 110, fire 119
Elevation500 m8 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduFukuoka
City population20,937,7571,603,043
People per km²1,4564,715
Museums within 10 km1023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.