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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Hong Kong?

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 Hiroshima for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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. Hiroshima 30, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima and Hong Kong are level on 60.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Hong Kong 68: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Hong Kong 27: Hiroshima leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Hong Kong 42: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaHong Kong
Official languageJapaneseStandard Chinese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119999
Elevation3 m7 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaHong Kong
City population1,198,0217,413,070
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km1839
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.