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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Krakow?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Krakow for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Fukuoka leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Krakow 55: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka and Krakow are level on 62.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Krakow 76: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Krakow 58: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Krakow 74: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Krakow 48: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Krakow 36: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Krakow.

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.

Krakow
58match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Krakow in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaKrakow

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

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaKrakow
Official languageJapanesePolish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m219 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaKrakow
City population1,603,043804,237
People per km²4,7152,459
Museums within 10 km23113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.