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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Sedona?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Sedona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Sedona 33: Fukuoka leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Sedona 20: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Sedona 8: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Sedona 55: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Sedona 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Sedona 22: Fukuoka leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Sedona 34: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Sedona 18: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Sedona 13: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Sedona.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSedona
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m1,319 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSedona
City population1,603,0439,684
People per km²4,715195
Museums within 10 km230
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.