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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or London?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose London for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, London 84: London leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, London 94: London leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, London 88: London leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, London 57: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, London 90: London leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, London 82: London leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, London 85: London leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, London 95: London leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, London 15: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, London 98: London leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaLondon
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112 or 999
Elevation8 m4 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaLondon
City population1,603,0438,799,728
People per km²4,7155,598
Museums within 10 km23216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.