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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • 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. Florianopolis 85, Fukuoka 50: Florianopolis leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis and Fukuoka are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Fukuoka 62: Florianopolis leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Fukuoka 58: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Fukuoka.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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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FlorianopolisFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisFukuoka
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation3 m8 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisFukuoka
City population587,4861,603,043
People per km²8704,715
Museums within 10 km1123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.