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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Skopje?

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

  • beaches
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Skopje 52: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Skopje 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Skopje 70: Skopje leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Skopje 56: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Skopje 35: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Skopje 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Skopje 40: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Skopje 38: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Skopje 27: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Skopje.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSkopje
Official languageJapaneseAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Denar (MKD)
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 m251 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSkopje
City population1,603,043422,540
People per km²4,715739
Museums within 10 km2317
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. 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.