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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Guilin?

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

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Guilin 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Guilin 40: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Guilin 30: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Guilin 56: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Guilin 45: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Guilin 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Guilin 28: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Guilin 30: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Guilin 40: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Guilin.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaGuilin

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaGuilin
Official languageJapanesePutonghua
CurrencyYen (JPY)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation8 m153 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaGuilin
City population1,603,0434,931,137
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.