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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Muscat?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Muscat 44: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Muscat 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Muscat 14: Hiroshima leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Muscat 70: Muscat leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Muscat 62: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Muscat 52: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Muscat 20: Hiroshima leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Muscat 42: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Muscat 45: Hiroshima leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Muscat.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaMuscat
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119968
Elevation3 m69 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaMuscat
City population1,198,0211,421,409
People per km²1,324406
Museums within 10 km1810
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.