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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Mexico City?

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

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mexico City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Mexico City 50: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Mexico City 75: Fukuoka leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Mexico City 58: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Mexico City 50: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
63match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMexico City
Official languageJapaneseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyYen (JPY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m2,240 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMexico City
City population1,603,0439,209,944
People per km²4,7156,202
Museums within 10 km23108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
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.