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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Paphos?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Paphos for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Paphos 45: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Paphos 62: Paphos leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Paphos 38: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Paphos 64: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Paphos 40: Hiroshima leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Paphos 25: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Paphos 52: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Paphos 22: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Paphos 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 Paphos.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Paphos has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaPaphos
Official languageJapaneseTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m72 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaPaphos
City population1,198,02135,961
People per km²1,3241,987
Museums within 10 km184
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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.