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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Saint-Tropez 48: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Saint-Tropez 35: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka and Saint-Tropez are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Saint-Tropez 57: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Saint-Tropez 42: Fukuoka leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Saint-Tropez 32: Fukuoka leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Saint-Tropez 64: Fukuoka leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Saint-Tropez 8: Fukuoka leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Saint-Tropez 18: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Saint-Tropez 35: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Saint-Tropez.

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 prices with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaSaint-Tropez
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m0 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaSaint-Tropez
City population1,603,0433,582
People per km²4,715320
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.