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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Perth?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Perth 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Perth 42: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Perth 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Perth 72: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Perth 48: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Perth 74: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Perth 55: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Perth 44: Fukuoka leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Perth 28: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Perth 38: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Perth.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaPerth
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119000
Elevation8 m2 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaPerth
City population1,603,0432,141,834
People per km²4,715334
Museums within 10 km2315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Fukuoka or Perth somewhere new.

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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.