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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Dresden 10, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Fukuoka 50: Dresden leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Fukuoka 62: Dresden leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Fukuoka 45: Dresden leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 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: Dresden and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Dresden
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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DresdenFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenFukuoka
Official languageGermanJapanese
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
Elevation126 m8 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenFukuoka
City population562,7641,603,043
People per km²1,7134,715
Museums within 10 km7023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.