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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Naples Pier over turquoise water, Naples, Florida
Naples, FloridaNaples Pier over turquoise water

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Naples, Florida by William “Patrick” Ma…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Naples, Florida?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Naples, Florida for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples, Florida’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, Naples, Florida 87: Naples, Florida leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Naples, Florida 46: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Naples, Florida 27: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Naples, Florida 20: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Naples, Florida 66: Naples, Florida leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Naples, Florida 43: Fukuoka leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Naples, Florida 64: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Naples, Florida 22: Fukuoka leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Naples, Florida 48: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Naples, Florida 17: Fukuoka leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Naples, Florida 40: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Naples, Florida 45: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Naples, Florida.

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.

Naples, Florida
44match

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

Naples, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaNaples, Florida

Where the figures come from

Naples, Florida 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). Naples, Florida: 2002-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Naples / East Naples (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaNaples, Florida
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
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 m-2 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSouthwest Florida International Airport (RSW)43 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaNaples, Florida
City population1,603,04319,115
People per km²4,715450
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months10 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.