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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Fukuoka or Zadar?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Zadar 45: Fukuoka leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Zadar 38: Fukuoka leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Zadar 70: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Zadar 55: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Zadar 58: Fukuoka leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Zadar 27: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Zadar 52: Fukuoka leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Zadar 28: Fukuoka leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Zadar 35: Fukuoka leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Zadar.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaZadar
Official languageJapaneseCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaZadar
City population1,603,04370,779
People per km²4,715-
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.