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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Ubud?

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
  • families

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Ubud 60: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Ubud 15: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Ubud 72: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Ubud 48: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Ubud 10: Fukuoka leads by 72 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Ubud 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Ubud.

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.

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaUbud
Official languageJapaneseIndonesian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m210 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaUbud
City population1,603,043-
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km2314
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.