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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Mombasa?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Mombasa 60: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Mombasa 46: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Mombasa 45: Fukuoka leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Mombasa 45: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Mombasa 30: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Mombasa 35: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Mombasa 22: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMombasa
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyYen (JPY)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation8 m50 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMombasa
City population1,603,0431,208,333
People per km²4,7154,100
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.