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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Phnom Penh?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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, Phnom Penh 6: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Phnom Penh 62: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Phnom Penh 58: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Phnom Penh 28: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Phnom Penh 34: Fukuoka leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Phnom Penh 32: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Phnom Penh 35: Fukuoka leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Phnom Penh 46: Fukuoka leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Phnom Penh 32: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Phnom Penh 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Phnom Penh.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on prices 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

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaPhnom Penh
Official languageJapaneseKhmer
CurrencyYen (JPY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation8 m11 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaPhnom Penh
City population1,603,0432,129,371
People per km²4,7153,138
Museums within 10 km233
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.