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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Maastricht?

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
  • families

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Maastricht 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Maastricht 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Maastricht 58: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Maastricht 77: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Maastricht 55: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Maastricht 74: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Maastricht 60: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Maastricht 38: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Maastricht 40: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Maastricht 52: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMaastricht
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m49 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMaastricht
City population1,603,043120,227
People per km²4,7152,000
Museums within 10 km2321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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.