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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Salt Lake City?

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
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Salt Lake City 40: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Salt Lake City 42: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Salt Lake City 30: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Salt Lake City 34: Fukuoka leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Salt Lake City 72: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Salt Lake City 42: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Salt Lake City 36: Fukuoka leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Salt Lake City 40: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSalt Lake City
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m1,288 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSalt Lake City
City population1,603,043199,723
People per km²4,715690
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.