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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Fukuoka or The Hague?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, The Hague 48: Fukuoka leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, The Hague 38: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, The Hague 52: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, The Hague 72: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, The Hague 78: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, The Hague 55: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, The Hague 35: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, The Hague 45: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and The Hague.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaThe Hague
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
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 m1 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaThe Hague
City population1,603,043548,320
People per km²4,7155,589
Museums within 10 km2354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.