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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

Hiroshima or Maastricht?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Maastricht 58: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima and Maastricht are level on 60.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Maastricht 42: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Maastricht 58: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Maastricht 77: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Maastricht 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima and Maastricht are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Maastricht 38: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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HiroshimaMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMaastricht
Official languageJapaneseDutch
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m49 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMaastricht
City population1,198,021120,227
People per km²1,3242,000
Museums within 10 km1821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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. 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.