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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Hurghada?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Hurghada 34: Hiroshima leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Hurghada 14: Hiroshima leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Hurghada 40: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Hurghada 30: Hiroshima leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Hurghada 22: Hiroshima leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Hurghada 24: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Hurghada 10: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Hurghada 44: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Hurghada.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

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.

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaHurghada
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation3 m11 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaHurghada
City population1,198,021214,247
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km181
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.