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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Brisbane 55, Hiroshima 30: Brisbane leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Hiroshima 45: Brisbane leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Hiroshima 62: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Hiroshima 60: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Hiroshima 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brisbane
54match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Hiroshima
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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneHiroshima
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneHiroshima
City population2,706,9661,198,021
People per km²1711,324
Museums within 10 km1618
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.