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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Monaco?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Monaco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Monaco leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Monaco 57: Hiroshima leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Monaco 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima and Monaco are level on 60.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima and Monaco are level on 52.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Monaco 3: Hiroshima leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Monaco 55: Monaco leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Monaco.

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 prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMonaco
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m68 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMonaco
City population1,198,02138,857
People per km²1,32418,503
Museums within 10 km1814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.