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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Ghent 25, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Hiroshima 60: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Hiroshima 45: Ghent leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Hiroshima 80: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Hiroshima 74: Ghent leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Hiroshima 38: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ghent
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentHiroshima
Official languageFrench, German, DutchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation12 m3 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentHiroshima
City population272,6571,198,021
People per km²1,7281,324
Museums within 10 km3018
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km52
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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.