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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Anchorage 8, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Hiroshima 62: Anchorage leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageHiroshima
Official language-Japanese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation31 m3 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageHiroshima
City population291,2471,198,021
People per km²581,324
Museums within 10 km518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. 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.