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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Nashville?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Nashville 62: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka and Nashville are level on 50.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Nashville 46: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Nashville 52: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Nashville 55: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Nashville 30: Fukuoka leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Nashville 42: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Nashville 30: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Nashville 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 Nashville.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaNashville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaNashville
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-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m182 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaNashville
City population1,603,043689,447
People per km²4,715506
Museums within 10 km2312
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.