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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

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. Delhi 4, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Hiroshima 66: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Hiroshima 60: Delhi leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Hiroshima 52: Delhi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Hiroshima 58: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Hiroshima 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiHiroshima
Official languageHindi, EnglishJapanese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+9
Emergency number108 or 112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation221 m3 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiHiroshima
City population26,495,0001,198,021
People per km²18,9621,324
Museums within 10 km2318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.