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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Fukuoka or Valparaiso?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Valparaiso 50: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Valparaiso 56: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Valparaiso 60: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Valparaiso 63: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Valparaiso 33: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Valparaiso 44: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Valparaiso 30: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Valparaiso 38: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Valparaiso 18: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaValparaiso
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 m21 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaValparaiso
City population1,603,043296,655
People per km²4,7156,180
Museums within 10 km2317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.