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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Florence 14, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Hiroshima 66: Florence leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Hiroshima 60: Florence leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Hiroshima 80: Florence leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Hiroshima 74: Florence leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Hiroshima 52: Florence leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Hiroshima 38: Florence leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceHiroshima
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
Elevation50 m3 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceHiroshima
City population360,9301,198,021
People per km²3,5281,324
Museums within 10 km14118
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). 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. 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.