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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Montpellier?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Montpellier leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Montpellier 64: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima and Montpellier are level on 60.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima and Montpellier are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Montpellier 47: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Montpellier 50: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Montpellier 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 Montpellier.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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HiroshimaMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMontpellier
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 m7 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMontpellier
City population1,198,021310,240
People per km²1,3245,452
Museums within 10 km1814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.