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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or Tbilisi?

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 Tbilisi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Tbilisi 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Tbilisi 62: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Tbilisi 58: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Tbilisi 77: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Tbilisi 45: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Tbilisi 52: Fukuoka leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Tbilisi 42: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Tbilisi 57: Tbilisi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Tbilisi.

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.

Tbilisi
57match

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

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaTbilisi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaTbilisi
Official languageJapaneseGeorgian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Lari (GEL)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m575 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaTbilisi
City population1,603,0431,331,485
People per km²4,7151,849
Museums within 10 km2329
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. 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.