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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Boston 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 Boston for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Boston 35, Hiroshima 30: Boston leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Hiroshima 60: Boston leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Hiroshima 45: Boston leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Hiroshima 60: Boston leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Hiroshima 52: Boston leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Hiroshima 38: Boston leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Boston
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonHiroshima
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-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation43 m3 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonHiroshima
City population675,6471,198,021
People per km²2,9101,324
Museums within 10 km5118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.