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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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. Dublin 27, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Hiroshima 60: Dublin leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Hiroshima 45: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Hiroshima 62: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Hiroshima 52: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Hiroshima 38: Dublin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 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: Dublin and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on prices 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinHiroshima
Official languageEnglish, IrishJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation20 m3 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinHiroshima
City population592,7131,198,021
People per km²5,1541,324
Museums within 10 km4018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.