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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Porto?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Porto for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Porto 70: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Porto 68: Porto leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Porto 65: Porto leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Porto 64: Porto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Porto 79: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Porto 52: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Porto 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Porto 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Porto 62: Porto leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Porto 52: Porto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Porto 34: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Porto.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Porto
59match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaPorto
Official languageJapanesePortuguese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m104 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaPorto
City population1,603,043273,476
People per km²4,7156,606
Museums within 10 km2342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.