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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Luxor?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Luxor 30: Hiroshima leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Luxor 10: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Luxor 32: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Luxor 62: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Luxor 30: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Luxor 35: Hiroshima leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Luxor 25: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Luxor 10: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Luxor 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 Luxor.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 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

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaLuxor
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation3 m89 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaLuxor
City population1,198,021202,232
People per km²1,324486
Museums within 10 km184
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. 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.