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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Cadiz 80, Hiroshima 30: Cadiz leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Hiroshima 66: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Hiroshima 60: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz and Hiroshima are level on 45.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Hiroshima 62: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cadiz and Hiroshima are level on 80.
Good for families. Cadiz and Hiroshima are level on 60.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cadiz and Hiroshima are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Hiroshima 38: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on shopping 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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CadizHiroshima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizHiroshima
Official languageSpanishJapanese
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
Elevation11 m3 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizHiroshima
City population109,9501,198,021
People per km²9,0871,324
Museums within 10 km1118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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). 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. 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.