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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Galway?

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 Fukuoka for

  • food and drink
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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. Fukuoka 50, Galway 28: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Galway 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Galway 33: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Galway 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Galway 78: Galway leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Galway 56: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Galway 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Galway 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Galway 38: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Galway 28: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Galway 57: Galway leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Galway 28: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Galway.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and families with your weighting.

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaGalway
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m25 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaGalway
City population1,603,04383,456
People per km²4,7151,563
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.