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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Athens 70, Fukuoka 50: Athens leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Fukuoka 50: Athens leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Fukuoka 60: Athens leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Fukuoka 62: Athens leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Fukuoka 84: Athens leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Fukuoka 45: Athens leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 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: Athens and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Athens
67match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on families 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AthensFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensFukuoka
Official languageGreekJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation74 m8 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensFukuoka
City population643,4521,603,043
People per km²16,4994,715
Museums within 10 km8823
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.