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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Santo Domingo?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Santo Domingo 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Santo Domingo 64: Santo Domingo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Santo Domingo 36: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Santo Domingo 44: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Santo Domingo 40: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Santo Domingo 40: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Santo Domingo 44: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Santo Domingo 22: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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

Santo Domingo 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSanto Domingo
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m14 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSanto Domingo
City population1,603,0432,201,941
People per km²4,7151,691
Museums within 10 km2310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.