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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

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

Fukuoka or Geneva?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Geneva for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Geneva 55: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Geneva 38: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Geneva 82: Geneva leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Geneva 80: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Geneva 57: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Geneva 5: Fukuoka leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Geneva 55: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Geneva.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Geneva
57match

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaGeneva

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaGeneva
Official languageJapaneseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyYen (JPY)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m403 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaGeneva
City population1,603,043211,152
People per km²4,71513,280
Museums within 10 km2334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.