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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Philadelphia?

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

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Philadelphia 62: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Philadelphia 55: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Philadelphia 52: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Philadelphia 80: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Philadelphia 68: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Philadelphia 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Philadelphia 57: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Philadelphia 40: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Philadelphia 26: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Philadelphia
57match

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaPhiladelphia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaPhiladelphia
City population1,603,0431,603,797
People per km²4,7154,339
Museums within 10 km2354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.