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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Miami?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Miami 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Miami 57: Miami leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Miami 82: Miami leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Miami 64: Miami leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Miami 42: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Miami 64: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Miami 35: Fukuoka leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Miami 71: Miami leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Miami 27: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Miami 55: Miami leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Miami 44: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Miami.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
59match

Wins on beaches 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaMiami

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMiami
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m2 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMiami
City population1,603,043442,241
People per km²4,7153,046
Museums within 10 km2317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.