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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Johannesburg?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Johannesburg 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Johannesburg 56: Johannesburg leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Johannesburg 55: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Johannesburg 52: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Johannesburg 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Johannesburg 18: Fukuoka leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Johannesburg 58: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on prices 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaJohannesburg
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m1,753 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaJohannesburg
City population1,603,0434,803,262
People per km²4,7152,922
Museums within 10 km2314
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. 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.