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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Verona?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Verona for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Verona 66: Fukuoka leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Verona 76: Verona leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Verona 37: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Verona 65: Verona leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Verona 92: Verona leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Verona 66: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Verona 68: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Verona 52: Fukuoka leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Verona 46: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Verona 66: Verona leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Verona 48: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Verona.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Verona
61match

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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FukuokaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaVerona
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation8 m59 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaVerona
City population1,603,043255,588
People per km²4,7151,285
Museums within 10 km2318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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.