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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Hong Kong?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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 and Hong Kong are level on 50.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Hong Kong 68: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Hong Kong 75: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Hong Kong 27: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Hong Kong 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Hong Kong
67match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaHong Kong
Official languageJapaneseStandard Chinese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119999
Elevation8 m7 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaHong Kong
City population1,603,0437,413,070
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km2339
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.