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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Jaipur?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima and Jaipur are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Jaipur 25: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Jaipur 38: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Jaipur 55: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Jaipur 25: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Jaipur 30: Hiroshima leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Jaipur 88: Jaipur leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Jaipur 35: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Jaipur 28: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Jaipur.

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 families with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Jaipur has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaJaipur
Official languageJapaneseHindi, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119108 or 112
Elevation3 m431 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaJaipur
City population1,198,0213,073,350
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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.