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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Oslo?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Oslo 55: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Oslo 48: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Oslo 52: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Oslo 63: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Oslo 50: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Oslo 14: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka and Oslo are level on 60.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Oslo.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaOslo
Official languageJapaneseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyYen (JPY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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 119Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation8 m23 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaOslo
City population1,603,043717,710
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km2360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.