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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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. Dublin 27, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Fukuoka 50: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Fukuoka 60: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Fukuoka 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Fukuoka 45: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinFukuoka
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m8 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinFukuoka
City population592,7131,603,043
People per km²5,1544,715
Museums within 10 km4023
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.