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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Baden-Baden 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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Baden-Baden 8, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Hiroshima 62: Baden-Baden leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden 38, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Hiroshima 38: Baden-Baden leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Hiroshima 50: Baden-Baden leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Baden-Baden
50match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenHiroshima
Official languageGermanJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation181 m3 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenHiroshima
City population56,9521,198,021
People per km²4061,324
Museums within 10 km1118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.