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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or London?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, London 84: London leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, London 94: London leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, London 88: London leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, London 57: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, London 90: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, London 82: London leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, London 85: London leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, London 95: London leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, London 15: Hiroshima leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, London 98: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 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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HiroshimaLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaLondon
Official languageJapaneseEnglish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112 or 999
Elevation3 m4 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaLondon
City population1,198,0218,799,728
People per km²1,3245,598
Museums within 10 km18216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.