VacationSelector
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Manchester?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Manchester 51: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Manchester 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Manchester 77: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Manchester 58: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Manchester 68: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Manchester 42: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Manchester 15: Hiroshima leads by 35 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Manchester.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
HiroshimaManchester

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaManchester
City population1,198,021547,627
People per km²1,3244,737
Museums within 10 km1828
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Hiroshima or Manchester somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.