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The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubai 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 Dubai for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Dubai 80, Fukuoka 50: Dubai leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Dubai 76, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Dubai 40, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Dubai 62, Fukuoka 60: Dubai leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubai 25, Fukuoka 62: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Dubai 45, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Dubai 82, Fukuoka 78: Dubai leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Dubai 42, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Dubai 82, Fukuoka 65: Dubai leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubai 32, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubai 40, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubai 46, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubai and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Dubai
54match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
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. Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubaiFukuoka
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m8 m
Main airportDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubaiFukuoka
City population3,944,7511,603,043
People per km²-4,715
Museums within 10 km1423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.