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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Hiroshima 66: Bangkok leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Hiroshima 60: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Hiroshima 45: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Hiroshima 52: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Hiroshima 58: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Hiroshima 38: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Hiroshima 50: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHiroshima
Official languageThaiJapanese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Yen (JPY)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 110, fire 119
Elevation2 m3 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHiroshima
City population5,676,6481,198,021
People per km²3,6191,324
Museums within 10 km5918
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.