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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

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. Cadiz 80, Fukuoka 50: Cadiz leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Fukuoka 50: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Fukuoka 62: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Cadiz and Fukuoka are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Fukuoka 45: Cadiz leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 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: Cadiz and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Cadiz
60match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizFukuoka
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation11 m8 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizFukuoka
City population109,9501,603,043
People per km²9,0874,715
Museums within 10 km1123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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). 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.