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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Las Vegas?

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 Fukuoka for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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. Fukuoka 50, Las Vegas 10: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Las Vegas 68: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Las Vegas 25: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Las Vegas 25: Fukuoka leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Las Vegas 25: Fukuoka leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Las Vegas 38: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Las Vegas 64: Fukuoka leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Las Vegas 35: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Las Vegas 40: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaLas Vegas
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m610 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaLas Vegas
City population1,603,043641,903
People per km²4,7151,843
Museums within 10 km2321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.