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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Gdansk?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Gdansk 50: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Gdansk 52: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Gdansk 58: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Gdansk 62: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Gdansk 62: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Gdansk 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Gdansk 42: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Gdansk 36: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Gdansk.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaGdansk
Official languageJapanesePolish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m11 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaGdansk
City population1,603,043487,834
People per km²4,715714
Museums within 10 km2334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.