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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Frankfurt 8, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt and Hiroshima are level on 60.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Hiroshima 45: Frankfurt leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Hiroshima 80: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Hiroshima 60: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Hiroshima 74: Frankfurt leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Hiroshima 52: Frankfurt leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Hiroshima 38: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Hiroshima 50: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Frankfurt
56match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtHiroshima
Official languageGermanJapanese
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
Elevation101 m3 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtHiroshima
City population760,6561,198,021
People per km²3,0631,324
Museums within 10 km5318
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.