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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Marseille?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Marseille for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Marseille 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Marseille 57: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Marseille 47: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Marseille 45: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Marseille 37: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Marseille.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMarseille
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMarseille
City population1,198,021886,040
People per km²1,3243,683
Museums within 10 km1827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months2 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.