Map of Fukuoka, Japan

Fukuoka is the administrative centre of Fukuoka, Japan, with a population of about 1,612,392. It lies at 33.6000°N, 130.4167°E. Fukuoka is about 879 km (546 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kasuga, 9 km to the southeast.

Fukuoka at a glance

Where is Fukuoka?

• The 6th largest city in Japan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 55 min on the shortest day to 14 h 23 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Fukuoka

• Kasuga — 9 km southeast
• Umi — 9 km east
• Dazaifu — 14 km southeast
• Chikushino-shi — 15 km southeast
• Koga — 16 km north
• Nishifukuma — 19 km north
• Maebaru-chūō — 20 km west
• Fukutsu — 21 km north
• Itoshima — 22 km west
• Iizuka — 25 km east

Largest cities in Fukuoka

• Kitakyushu — 940,978
• Kurume — 303,579
• Ōmuta — 131,974
• Iizuka — 126,364
• Kasuga — 111,023
• Chikushino-shi — 103,311
• Itoshima — 98,877
• Munakata — 97,095
• Dazaifu — 73,164
• Yukuhashi — 71,426

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854
• Hiroshima — 1,200,754

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.