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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Salzburg?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Salzburg 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Salzburg 25: Fukuoka leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Salzburg 80: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Salzburg 65: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Salzburg 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Salzburg 48: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Salzburg 32: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Salzburg 55: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSalzburg
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
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 119112
Elevation8 m424 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSalzburg
City population1,603,043155,021
People per km²4,7152,360
Museums within 10 km2338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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.