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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Malaga?

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

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Malaga for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Malaga leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Malaga 68: Malaga leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Malaga 65: Malaga leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Malaga 73: Malaga leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Malaga 70: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Malaga 55: Malaga leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Malaga 55: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Malaga 45: Malaga leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Malaga 42: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Malaga.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches 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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaMalaga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMalaga
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 m18 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMalaga
City population1,198,021599,063
People per km²1,3241,517
Museums within 10 km1832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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.