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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Montreal?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima and Montreal are level on 60.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Montreal 55: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Montreal 72: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Montreal 45: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Montreal.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMontreal
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m31 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMontreal
City population1,198,0211,895,211
People per km²1,3243,806
Museums within 10 km1837
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.