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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Madrid?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Madrid 60: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Madrid 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Madrid 36: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Madrid.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Madrid
Best match
66match

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaMadrid

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

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMadrid
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMadrid
City population1,198,0213,506,730
People per km²1,3245,801
Museums within 10 km1888
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. 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.