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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Banff 12, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Hiroshima 62: Banff leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Banff and Hiroshima are level on 60.
Getting around. Banff 55, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Hiroshima 50: Banff leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
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.

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffHiroshima
Official languageFrench, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,400 m3 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffHiroshima
City population8,3051,198,021
People per km²1,7301,324
Museums within 10 km418
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.