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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Santiago?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Santiago 60: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka and Santiago are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Santiago 70: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Santiago 57: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Santiago 68: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Santiago 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka and Santiago are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Santiago 37: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Santiago.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSantiago
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation8 m575 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSantiago
City population1,603,0436,257,516
People per km²4,7157,468
Museums within 10 km2354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. 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.