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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Macau 77: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Macau 62: Macau leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Macau 40: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Macau 5: Fukuoka leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Macau 52: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Macau 48: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Macau 60: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Macau 58: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Macau 44: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Macau 36: Fukuoka leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Macau 40: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Macau.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Macau
46match

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMacau
Official languageJapanesePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119999
Elevation8 m22 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMacau
City population1,603,043682,100
People per km²4,7155,916
Museums within 10 km2328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.