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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Tangier?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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 and Tangier are level on 50.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Tangier 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Tangier 30: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Tangier 55: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Tangier 72: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Tangier 35: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Tangier 40: Fukuoka leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Tangier 42: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Tangier 28: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Tangier 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Tangier.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaTangier
Official languageJapaneseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyYen (JPY)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation8 m56 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaTangier
City population1,603,0431,275,428
People per km²4,7156,393
Museums within 10 km236
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.