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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Monaco?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Monaco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Monaco 57: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Monaco 48: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka and Monaco are level on 84.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Monaco 60: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Monaco 78: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Monaco 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Monaco 3: Fukuoka leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Monaco 55: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Monaco.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaMonaco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMonaco
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m68 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMonaco
City population1,603,04338,857
People per km²4,71518,503
Museums within 10 km2314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.