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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Oslo?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Oslo 55: Hiroshima leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Oslo 52: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Oslo 50: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Oslo 14: Hiroshima leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Oslo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaOslo
Official languageJapaneseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyYen (JPY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaOslo
City population1,198,021717,710
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km1860
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.