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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Huntington Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Huntington Beach 46: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Huntington Beach 14: Hiroshima leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Huntington Beach 38: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Huntington Beach 58: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Huntington Beach 63: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Huntington Beach 20: Hiroshima leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Huntington Beach 42: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Huntington Beach 28: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Huntington Beach 33: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Huntington Beach 36: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaHuntington Beach
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaHuntington Beach
City population1,198,021198,711
People per km²1,3242,406
Museums within 10 km183
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.