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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Angkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway, Siem Reap
Siem ReapAngkor Wat beyond the palms of the causeway

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siem Reap by allPhoto Bangkok, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Siem Reap?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Siem Reap for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Siem Reap’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, Siem Reap 5: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Siem Reap 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Siem Reap 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Siem Reap 40: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Siem Reap 55: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Siem Reap 35: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Siem Reap 30: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Siem Reap 38: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Siem Reap 88: Siem Reap leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Siem Reap 32: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka and Siem Reap are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Siem Reap.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Siem Reap
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Siem Reap in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Siem Reap 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). Siem Reap: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSiem Reap
Official languageJapaneseKhmer
CurrencyYen (JPY)Riel (KHR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation8 m18 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSiem Reap-Angkor International Airport (SAI)39 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSiem Reap
City population1,603,043147,866
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.