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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Honolulu?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Honolulu 70: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Honolulu 45: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Honolulu 38: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Honolulu 52: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Honolulu 60: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Honolulu 15: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Honolulu 40: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Honolulu 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaHonolulu
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m12 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaHonolulu
City population1,603,043350,964
People per km²4,7151,981
Museums within 10 km2312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.