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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Montreal?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Montreal 78: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Montreal 55: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Montreal 68: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Montreal 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Montreal 60: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Montreal 45: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Montreal 57: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Montreal.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMontreal
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m31 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMontreal
City population1,603,0431,895,211
People per km²4,7153,806
Museums within 10 km2337
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.