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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Cairo 10, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Hiroshima 60: Cairo leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Hiroshima 45: Cairo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Hiroshima 52: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Hiroshima 58: Cairo leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Hiroshima 38: Cairo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoHiroshima
Official languageArabicJapanese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 110, fire 119
Elevation23 m3 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoHiroshima
City population9,801,5361,198,021
People per km²18,5641,324
Museums within 10 km4818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). 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.