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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Vancouver?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Vancouver 72: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Vancouver 42: Fukuoka leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Vancouver 42: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Vancouver 45: Fukuoka leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Vancouver 72: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Vancouver 73: Fukuoka leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Vancouver 55: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Vancouver 27: Fukuoka leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Vancouver 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 Vancouver.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaVancouver
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m2 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaVancouver
City population1,603,043662,248
People per km²4,7155,759
Museums within 10 km2326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.