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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Manchester?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Fukuoka leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Manchester 51: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka and Manchester are level on 50.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Manchester 77: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Manchester 58: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Manchester 68: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Manchester 62: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Manchester 42: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Manchester 15: Fukuoka leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Manchester.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaManchester
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112 or 999
Elevation8 m38 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaManchester
City population1,603,043547,627
People per km²4,7154,737
Museums within 10 km2328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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.