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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Portland?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Portland 68: Portland leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Portland 38: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Portland 52: Portland leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Portland 84: Portland leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Portland 58: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Portland 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Portland 62: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima and Portland are level on 52.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Portland 38: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Portland 55: Portland leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Portland 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 Portland.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaPortland
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m152 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaPortland
City population1,198,021652,503
People per km²1,3241,736
Museums within 10 km1817
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.