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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Honolulu?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Honolulu 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima and Honolulu are level on 45.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Honolulu 38: Hiroshima leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Honolulu 52: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Honolulu 15: Hiroshima leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima and Honolulu are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaHonolulu
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaHonolulu
City population1,198,021350,964
People per km²1,3241,981
Museums within 10 km1812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.