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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Catania 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 Catania for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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. Catania 72, Hiroshima 30: Catania leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Hiroshima 66: Catania leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Hiroshima 60: Catania leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Hiroshima 45: Catania leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Hiroshima 62: Catania leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Hiroshima 80: Catania leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Hiroshima 58: Catania leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Hiroshima 38: Catania leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 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: Catania and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hiroshima
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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

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

Before you go

MeasureCataniaHiroshima
Official languageItalianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation7 m3 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaHiroshima
City population311,5841,198,021
People per km²1,7041,324
Museums within 10 km2518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.