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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Berlin 38, Hiroshima 30: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Berlin and Hiroshima are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Hiroshima 60: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Hiroshima 45: Berlin leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Hiroshima 60: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Hiroshima 74: Berlin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Hiroshima 52: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Hiroshima 38: Berlin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Hiroshima 50: Berlin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 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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BerlinHiroshima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinHiroshima
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
Elevation34 m3 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinHiroshima
City population3,700,5771,198,021
People per km²4,1531,324
Museums within 10 km15718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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.