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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Budapest 25, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Hiroshima 60: Budapest leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Hiroshima 45: Budapest leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Hiroshima 60: Budapest leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Hiroshima 74: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Hiroshima 52: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Hiroshima 58: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Hiroshima 38: Budapest leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Hiroshima 50: Budapest leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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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BudapestHiroshima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestHiroshima
Official languageHungarianJapanese
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m3 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestHiroshima
City population1,675,7771,198,021
People per km²3,1911,324
Museums within 10 km8118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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.