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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or La Spezia?

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

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, La Spezia 58: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, La Spezia 40: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, La Spezia 28: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, La Spezia 48: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, La Spezia 70: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, La Spezia 35: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, La Spezia 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, La Spezia 28: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, La Spezia 32: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaLa Spezia
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m3 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaLa Spezia
City population1,198,02192,119
People per km²1,3241,792
Museums within 10 km1812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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.