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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Orlando 48: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Orlando 22: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Orlando 40: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Orlando 46: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Orlando 58: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Orlando 8: Hiroshima leads by 66 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Orlando 36: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Orlando 32: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Orlando.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaOrlando

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaOrlando
City population1,198,021334,854
People per km²1,3241,086
Museums within 10 km1811
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.