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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Austin and Hiroshima are level on 30.
Food & drink. Austin and Hiroshima are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Hiroshima 45: Austin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Hiroshima 38: Austin leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AustinHiroshima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinHiroshima
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-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation149 m3 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinHiroshima
City population961,8551,198,021
People per km²1,2171,324
Museums within 10 km2118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.