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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

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

Fukuoka or Halifax?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Halifax for

  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Halifax 50: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Halifax 42: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Halifax 46: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka and Halifax are level on 62.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Halifax 63: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Halifax 55: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Halifax 48: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Halifax 35: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Halifax 38: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Halifax 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 Halifax.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaHalifax

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaHalifax
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m28 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaHalifax
City population1,603,043440,072
People per km²4,71580
Museums within 10 km2315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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.