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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Strasbourg?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Strasbourg 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Strasbourg 40: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka and Strasbourg are level on 62.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Strasbourg 80: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Strasbourg 66: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Strasbourg 79: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Strasbourg 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Strasbourg 44: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Strasbourg 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 Strasbourg.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 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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FukuokaStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaStrasbourg
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 m132 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaStrasbourg
City population1,603,043293,771
People per km²4,7153,752
Museums within 10 km2321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.