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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Munich?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Munich for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Munich 62: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Munich 79: Munich leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Munich 56: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Munich 82: Munich leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Munich 86: Munich leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka and Munich are level on 78.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Munich 86: Munich leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Munich 72: Munich leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Munich 32: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Munich 84: Munich leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Munich 62: Munich leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Munich.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fukuoka
65match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Munich
67match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaMunich
Official languageJapaneseGerman
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
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 m519 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaMunich
City population1,603,0431,505,036
People per km²4,7154,844
Museums within 10 km2374
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.