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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Copenhagen 40, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Fukuoka 50: Copenhagen leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen and Fukuoka are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Fukuoka 78: Copenhagen leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Fukuoka 82: Copenhagen leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Fukuoka 65: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Fukuoka 45: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 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: Copenhagen and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
62match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
17 °Csea
17 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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CopenhagenFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenFukuoka
Official languageDanishJapanese
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCEFK230 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
Elevation14 m8 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenFukuoka
City population667,0991,603,043
People per km²7,3394,715
Museums within 10 km7223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.