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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
Puerto PrincesaBarlas Island in Honda Bay

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Puerto Princesa?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Princesa for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Princesa’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, Puerto Princesa 58: Puerto Princesa leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Puerto Princesa 38: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Puerto Princesa 22: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Puerto Princesa 26: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Puerto Princesa 80: Puerto Princesa leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Puerto Princesa 12: Fukuoka leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Puerto Princesa 45: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Puerto Princesa 30: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Puerto Princesa 20: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Puerto Princesa 78: Puerto Princesa leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Puerto Princesa 10: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Puerto Princesa 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 Puerto Princesa.

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.

Puerto Princesa
38match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Puerto Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaPuerto Princesa
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m98 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaPuerto Princesa
City population1,603,043316,384
People per km²4,715133
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.