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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Porto?

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

  • wellness
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Porto for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Porto 70: Porto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Porto 68: Porto leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Porto 65: Porto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Porto 64: Porto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Porto 79: Hiroshima leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Porto 52: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Porto 66: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima and Porto are level on 52.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Porto 62: Porto leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Porto 52: Porto leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Porto 34: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Porto.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaPorto
Official languageJapanesePortuguese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m104 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaPorto
City population1,198,021273,476
People per km²1,3246,606
Museums within 10 km1842
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.