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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Fukuoka?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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. Adelaide 68, Fukuoka 50: Adelaide leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Fukuoka 62: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Fukuoka 45: Adelaide leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideFukuoka
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1 m8 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideFukuoka
City population1,387,2901,603,043
People per km²1,0714,715
Museums within 10 km1323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Fukuoka somewhere new.

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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.