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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Rotterdam?

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

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Rotterdam 52: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Rotterdam 52: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Rotterdam 44: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Rotterdam 66: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Rotterdam 78: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Rotterdam 55: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Rotterdam 38: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Rotterdam 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Rotterdam
55match

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaRotterdam
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaRotterdam
City population1,603,043664,311
People per km²4,7152,080
Museums within 10 km2340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.