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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Salvador?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Salvador for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Salvador 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Salvador 52: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Salvador 56: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Salvador 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Salvador 42: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Salvador 42: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Salvador 32: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Salvador.

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 families with your weighting.

Salvador
58match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSalvador
Official languageJapanesePortuguese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation8 m8 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSalvador
City population1,603,0432,417,678
People per km²4,7153,489
Museums within 10 km2349
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.