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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fukuoka or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Virginia Beach 42: Fukuoka leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Virginia Beach 30: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Virginia Beach 37: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Virginia Beach 56: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Virginia Beach 64: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Virginia Beach 75: Fukuoka leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Virginia Beach 27: Fukuoka leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Virginia Beach 32: Fukuoka leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Virginia Beach 40: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Virginia Beach 38: Fukuoka leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Virginia Beach 32: Fukuoka leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FukuokaVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaVirginia Beach
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation8 m7 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaVirginia Beach
City population1,603,043459,470
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.