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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Toulouse 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Toulouse 56: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Toulouse 58: Fukuoka leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Toulouse 72: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Toulouse 62: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Toulouse 70: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Toulouse 50: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Toulouse 46: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Toulouse 27: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Toulouse.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaToulouse
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 m115 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaToulouse
City population1,603,043514,819
People per km²4,7154,352
Museums within 10 km2324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.