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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Las Vegas?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Las Vegas 25: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Las Vegas 25: Hiroshima leads by 55 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Las Vegas 25: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Las Vegas 38: Hiroshima leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Las Vegas 35: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Las Vegas 40: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 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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HiroshimaLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaLas Vegas
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 m610 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaLas Vegas
City population1,198,021641,903
People per km²1,3241,843
Museums within 10 km1821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.