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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Hiroshima?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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. Adelaide 68, Hiroshima 30: Adelaide leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Hiroshima 66: Adelaide leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Hiroshima 62: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Hiroshima 60: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Hiroshima 38: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideHiroshima
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1 m3 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideHiroshima
City population1,387,2901,198,021
People per km²1,0711,324
Museums within 10 km1318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.