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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Mostar?

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

  • families
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Mostar 40: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Mostar 25: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Mostar 60: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Mostar 34: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Mostar 44: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Mostar 32: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Mostar 16: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Mostar 20: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Mostar.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on families and food and drink with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and 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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMostar
Official languageJapaneseCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m60 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMostar
City population1,603,043105,448
People per km²4,71590
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.