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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Miami Beach?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami Beach’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, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Miami Beach 62: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Miami Beach 52: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Miami Beach 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Miami Beach 55: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima and Miami Beach are level on 60.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Miami Beach 58: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Miami Beach 20: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Miami Beach 48: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Miami Beach
57match

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMiami Beach
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m1 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMiami Beach
City population1,198,02182,890
People per km²1,3242,109
Museums within 10 km1814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.