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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

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. Cordoba 14, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Fukuoka 50: Cordoba leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Fukuoka 84: Cordoba leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Fukuoka 58: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Fukuoka 45: Cordoba leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Cordoba
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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CordobaFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaFukuoka
Official languageSpanishJapanese
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
Elevation120 m8 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaFukuoka
City population323,2621,603,043
People per km²2584,715
Museums within 10 km1623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.