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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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. Catania 72, Fukuoka 50: Catania leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Fukuoka 50: Catania leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Catania and Fukuoka are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Fukuoka 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania and Fukuoka are level on 84.
Good for families. Catania 50, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Fukuoka 58: Catania leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Fukuoka 45: Catania leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Catania
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCataniaFukuoka
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaFukuoka
City population311,5841,603,043
People per km²1,7044,715
Museums within 10 km2523
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.