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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Hiroshima 30: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Hiroshima 60: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Hiroshima 62: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 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

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikHiroshima
Official languageCroatianJapanese
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
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikHiroshima
City population41,5621,198,021
People per km²-1,324
Museums within 10 km718
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.