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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Colourful houses along the Inn, Innsbruck
InnsbruckColourful houses along the Inn

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Innsbruck by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Innsbruck?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Innsbruck for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Innsbruck’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, Innsbruck 20: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Innsbruck 40: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Innsbruck 58: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Innsbruck 38: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Innsbruck 96: Innsbruck leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Innsbruck 72: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Innsbruck 62: Innsbruck leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Innsbruck 78: Innsbruck leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Innsbruck 38: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Innsbruck 38: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Innsbruck 45: Innsbruck leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Innsbruck 45: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Innsbruck.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Innsbruck
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Innsbruck in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
129 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaInnsbruck

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Innsbruck: 1991-2020 normals, Innsbruck-Flughafen (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaInnsbruck
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m574 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsInnsbruck Airport (INN)4 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaInnsbruck
City population1,198,021132,499
People per km²1,3241,263
Museums within 10 km1828
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.