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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Santiago de Compostela?

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
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Santiago de Compostela 68: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Santiago de Compostela 45: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka and Santiago de Compostela are level on 62.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Santiago de Compostela 72: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Santiago de Compostela 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Santiago de Compostela 70: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Santiago de Compostela 35: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Santiago de Compostela 40: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Santiago de Compostela 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Santiago de Compostela.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 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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FukuokaSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSantiago de Compostela
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
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 m260 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSantiago de Compostela
City population1,603,043100,965
People per km²4,715459
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.